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DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT 



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ANDERSONVILLE GEORGIA 



October 23 1907 



IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CONNECTICUT WHO SUFFERED 
IN SOUTHERN MILITARY PRISONS 



1861-1865 



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CONTENTS. 



Notes on the Andersoiiville Trip, 

Notes by a Guest, 

Dedication Exercises, ........ 

Eesolutions of the Legislature, 

List of Connecticut Soldiers Buried in Andersonville Cemetery, 
List of Connecticut Survivors of Andersonville Prison, . 

List of Guests, 

Eesolutions by Connecticut ex-prisoners. 
Description of Stockade at Andersonville, 
Plan of Andersonville Prison, 
Letter from Charles E. Norton, Esq., 
Quotation from Boston Transcript, 
Making of the Monument, 
Itinerary, 



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NOTES ON THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIP. 



WITH a promptness quite umuilitary, the " Ander- 
son ville Special" left New Haven on schedule 
time at 1 p. m., Monday, October 21, 1907. The 
conductor's call of "All aboard" found all in their 
places, with nobody left. No happier 103 people ever 
started on so loving a quest, the old survivors' joy in 
meeting each other being shared to the full by their 
guests. Thoughtful provision had been made for the 
comforts and needs of all, even to the presence of a 
skilled physician. With right of way, a clear track and 
fast train, distance was covered quickly, and greetings 
were hardly over and all comfortably settled for the 
trip when we found ourselves on the Maryland making 
the circuit of New York by water, a new experience 
to most and enjoyed by all. 

The penal and charitable institutions on the East 
River islands, the great bridges, the tall tower of the 
Singer Building with its forty-one stories, the Statue 
of Liberty, the old Castle Garden, where Jenny Lind 
sang so sweetly years ago, the great ocean liners at 
their piers, the ferry-boats crossing and re-crossing like 
shuttles, all held our close attention, while the stiff 
salt breeze from the bay made snug shelters in demand. 

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At Jersey City a dining-car was attached to the 
train, supper served, and by good New England early 
bedtime nearly all sought sleep, to awake in the morn- 
ing vmder Southern skies at Danville, Va., where the 
early risers stocked up with local j)apers and picture 
postals until the dealer was in the same fix as the 
country store proprietor who complained that he "couldn't 
keep nothin'." 

That long day on the train which followed was 
full of interest, both outside and in. The unfamiliar 
landscape, the cotton fields and cotton mills, the ever- 
present negro and mule, the houses with their outside 
chimneys and no cellars, the autumnal tints of the gum- 
trees in the swamps, the lazy circling buzzards and 
razor-backed hogs, and above all the people, both white 
and black, presented a constantly changing scene of great 
interest. 

But the chief interest was inside the train in the 
ranks of the prison survivors. The meeting of old 
comrades, the recital of former experiences and the 
discussion of mooted points, brought to light many things 
that made the occasion one of surpassing interest. 
Recognitions came gradually and after some manoeu- 
vering. No soldier would admit for a minute that he 
didn't know every other one at sight, but all were care- 
ful not to commit themselves. Said one to another, 
after looking him over furtivelj^ "Didn't we go hunt- 
ing together once"?" With equal caution, the other 
replied, "Guess we did." "Was it at Antietam Iron 
Works?" said the first, with an increase of interest. 
"That's where it was," said number two, his face 
brightening. "Did we knock over the squirrels with 

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Enfield rifles and navy beans'?" said the first, whose 
hand was now stretching out. "You just bet we did," 
came the ready reply. " Then your name is Francis, 
Buraiun W. Francis," and in an instant they had set- 
tled down in the same seat, in as full recognition and 
complete sympathy as if they had seen each other every 
day for the last forty years. To another, one said, 
"If your whiskers were as black as your eyes, I'd say 
that you were Sergeant Tom Crossley," and right then 
and there close associations of former years were re- 
newed never again to be severed. And so it went, 
all through the train. 

The good feeling and true companionship that pre- 
vailed were very noticeable, as well as the disposition 
to forget the painful side of prison experience. The 
old boys were glad to be alive, thankful for the part 
they were to take on the morrow, and appreciative of 
the generous provision made for them by their state, 
which was so fittingly represented in the person of 
Comptroller Bradstreet, himself a veteran of the 2d 
Conn. H. A. Nightfall found us nearing the Georgia 
line, tired, sleepy, but haj^py, and none knew when the 
train was sidetracked at Andersonville some time in 
the night. 

The song of the mocking-birds greeted the early 
risers the next morning, Wednesday, October 23, and 
many of the prison survivors were up and out to get 
their first look at Andersonville in forty-three years. 
"Same old place," said one. Well, yes, it surely has 
changed but little,— the same old country store, a half 
dozen or so of the same old houses, which never saw a 
paint brush, the little frame church, the red soil and 

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dirt roads, all about the same as when they saw it 
last. Surrounded on either side by stirring and prosper- 
ous towns like Fort Valley, Oglethorpe and Americus, 
Andersonville seems to be lastingly blighted and imable 
to rise above the history associated with its name. 

Leaving it behind, breakfast over, let us follow the 
old survivors over the stockade grounds, eager to once 
more stand on the very spot so associated with painful 
but precious memories to them. Conveyances of all 
sorts were on hand, their drivers out to make all there 
was in it, but while some rode many walked, especially 
the ex-prisoners, who wanted to go in "just as they 
did before," on foot. 

How it did all come back to us! There was where 
the 16th Connecticut men slept the night before they 
entered the prison, near the depot. Here is the old 
dirt road with its forks to the south and north gates 
of the stockade just where the brook crosses. On the 
left, going over, are the remains of the earthworks bat- 
tery whose gims were trained on the great south gate 
of the prison. There is the covered way, by which 
troops were to be moved unseen to head off possible out- 
breaks from within, or to defend against attacks from 
without. But what is this? There is a difference, after 
all, thank God! No "stars and bars" wave from that 
tall flag-staff on the north hillside of the old stockade, 
but "Old Glory" swings out clear and fine in the bright 
morning simlight. How good it looks, right there! 
Take a good look at it, and then we'll go on. How the 
boys scatter, a group here and a group there, all eager 
to see points of special interest! 

The first point of interest with most was "Provi- 

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deuce Spring," still flowing in all its God-given purity 
and sweetness, and to this place all returned again and 
again. The words of Lincoln, "With malice toward 
none, with charity for all," engraved on the marble tab- 
let through which its waters flow, fitly express the spirit 
of the place. Close by it is the old stockade line, the 
correctness of its location post being proven by one of 
the old stumps which one of our party uncovered by 
digging a few inches under the surface, but none of 
which now remains standing. Inside that som.e twenty 
feet are the posts Avhich mark the old "dead line," to 
trespass on which brought an instant shot from the 
ready sentry. Over there on the south hillside was the 
great gate through which our l)oys entered the prison, 
and its main street, on which the ration wagons came 
in and tb.e dead were carried out, and here on this 
street, about the center of tlie south hillside, the six 
"raiders" were himg in full view of thousands. Not 
far from that, up in the southwest corner near where 
Major Bogle and his negro soldiers were kept, stood 
the "Masons' tent," where the brethren of the ancient 
craft held together in a spirit of helpfulness not limited 
to the needs of their own number. Outside the stock- 
ade line, off to the southwest a short distance, the re- 
mains of the fortification still stand where the Florida 
Battery trained its shotted guns on the crowded prison, 
with its empty magazine still plainly to be seen. 

Near by stood Captain Wirz's headqiiarters, and 
nearer the stockade was the "dead house," where a 
sentinel was posted to guard against premature resur- 
rection after one prisoner had escaped by sim.ulating 
death. Over there across the brook was the cook 

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house and tlie guards' camp, whose filth defiled the 
waters of the brook flowing through the prison, on which 
thousands depended for the water used in drinking and 
cooking. Though known to all our old survivors, no 
designation of the prison hospital site could be found 
after the most careful search, this being the only point 
of general interest unmarked by a suitable inscription. 
In the lapse of years the swamp has disappeared, 
the old morass having been filled by soil washed from 
the hillsides, and covered by trees and a rank growth of 
vines and shrubs. Trees forty feet high and a foot or 
more in diameter now stand where the prisoners once 
dug for pitch-pine roots in the crawling mire of the 
old swamp. The Andersonville brook now runs clear on 
a sandy bottom and somewhat wider than of old, now 
that the swamp no longer absorbs it. Except at the old 
foot path between the south and north hillsides where 
it is bridged, it is now difficult of approach because of 
the rank midergrowth of vines and blackberry bushes, 
but some of the 16th Connecticut men hired negro laborers 
and had the ground cleared where so many of them were 
located while in prison. Just to the right of this spot 
a few paces is where the men of the 43d Detachment, 
3d Ninety, composed of Connecticut men, unanimously 
voted against the proposition to send commissioners 
through the lines to urge upon the Union authorities a 
general exchange of prisoners, under the conviction that 
such action would embarrass their government at a criti- 
cal hour in the progress of the war, — a spot that should 
be suitably designated. Attempts at cultivation on the 
sovith hillside have been made from time to time in past 
years, as the old furrows show, but the groimd is now 

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overgrown with brambles and cactus. An old uegro 
who had worked on the ground showed quite a collec- 
tion of small relics gathered by him, buttons, haversack 
hooks, etc., the only visible belongings of the thousands 
who had once trampled its crowded area. 

The north hillside of the stockade groimds as a 
whole has changed much less than the south owing to 
its tenacious red clay subsoil, but that portion which 
was included in the original stockade before its enlarge- 
ment looks least familiar when revisited. The growth 
of trees has obstructed the main street leading in from 
the north gate, that "Midway" of the old prison, where 
the chuck-a-luck players thronged, where fake reports of 
exchange were given out, and where "sour beer" ped- 
dlers and "soup-bone" dealers cried their wares. Fac- 
ing north the scene changes and improves. There is a 
group of fine state monmnents, the flag-staff and colors, 
the superintendent's house and the rose garden in its 
front. What a happy thought that garden was! The 
roses are the gift of ex-prisoners, or of the friends of 
those who died in the prison. ]\Iany bear inscriptions 
on the supporting trellis giving the names of those whom 
they commemorate and representing all parts of our 
country. 

Scattered about this north hillside are the wells dug 
by the prisoners, with halves of canteens, old spoons, 
etc., some for water, but mostly for the purposes of es- 
cape, as is clearly shown by the location of many of them 
near the dead line. Most of these wells are in an ex- 
cellent state of i:)reservation, and they were examined by 
all the members of our party with deep and curious in- 
terest. One of the deepest still sliows the toe marks for 

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descent on its sides, with the opening of the tunnel 
for escape in clear view, some eight or ten feet down. 
Stones thrown into these wells show some of them to be 
still forty or more feet in depth. ■ 

Beyond cotton fields and pine woods, nearly half a 
mile from the stockade, the National Cemetery is located. 
It comes upon one as a surprise, hidden away in this 
secluded place, but no one can step within its substantial 
enclosure without an immediate sense of its permanence, 
the protection and oversight of National authority, and 
its singular beauty and fitness for its intended use. 
There is an imaccountable charm of restfulness and peace 
within its borders which was felt by all. One of the ex- 
prisoners expressed a wish for burial there when it 
should come his time to go, though he had previously felt 
that the remains of those who died there should be 
removed to the North. 

Here in the afternoon of Wednesday, October 23, the 
dedication exercises were held. They were simple, sincere 
and in hannony with the spirit of the place. It was a 
striking scene as the shadows lengthened and the sun 
was low in the west. The fine bronze figure of the 
Connecticut Soldier-Boy standing revealed in all its 
dignity and beauty, the gray-haired speakers, the circle 
of old survivors, the companionship of loved guests 
and the presence of southern people, all made a picture 
none will forget. The words spoken were free from 
rancor, reverent, loving and hopeful, giving pain to 
none. As our train was about to leave Andersonville 
on its retiirn, an old Confederate soldier who had 
served four years in the Southern army said to one of 
our number, "I listened to what you all said in the 

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cemetery yesterday. You told the truth and spoke from 
your hearts, and that was right, but you did not say one 
word that hurt us." 

A "Camp Fire" in the evening at the superin- 
tendent's house on the prison stockade ground was 
largely attended and proved an occasion of much in- 
terest. The night was warm, with the light of a full 
moon, reminding us of many such in the old prison 
days when our thoughts turned so irresistibly home- 
ward. A double quartette of yoimg colored people 
from Spellman University, at Amerieus, Ga. in charge 
of one of their professors gave us some good singing 
and recitations, but the most enjoyable feature of the 
evening was the singing of old war songs by the prison 
survivors, led by Comrade George Robbins. "Tramp, 
tramp, tramp, the boys are marching," sung by the Ander- 
sonville survivors on the old prison grounds, was certainly 
the genuine thing. But the occasion would not have 
been com^Dlete without Comrade Norman L. Hope's sing- 
ing of that old 16th Regiment favorite, "The Louisiana 
Lowlands," all joining in the chorus. Some of the kids 
seemed quite surprised that the old boys had so much 
music in them. 

Thursday, the 24th of October, was devoted to 
revisiting the stockade and cemetery, the search for 
individual graves, and the collection of relies and sou- 
venirs. An extra car would have been needed for these 
had we remained another day. Pieces of the old 
stockade, canes, cotton in the boll, pomegranates, plmnes 
of long-leafed pine and stalks of sugar cane, filled all 
spare space, while Comrade Francis, known to all the 
party as "the apple man" from his generous contribu- 

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tion of fine Cheshire pippins, brought back his barrel 
filled with Andersonville sweet potatoes. 

A^Tiile the members of our party were so engaged 
during the forenoon, the railroad men ran the " Ander- 
sonville Special" down to Americus, nine miles below, 
where it was freshly stocked with ice, water, gas and 
dining-car supplies for the homeward trip, returning 
in season to serve the noon meal, after which the 
warning whistle woke the echoes, bringing in any who 
were still on the prison grounds, and shortly after two 
o'clock we were all on board again headed for home. 

Once well settled, with a thousand miles of travel 
ahead and plenty of time for observation and thought, 
it was pleasant to recall the things that had given us 
such pleasure and satisfaction. The four days of close 
association, with a common controlling interest, had 
made our party like one great family, where all had 
been greatly drawn together and brought into better 
knowledge of each other. 

Very interesting personal histories have some of the 
ex-prisoners. One of the youngest and liveliest of the 
party was James Haggerty of the 18th Conn., he of 
the pompadour and hearty laugh, whose banjo and 
songs gave pleasure to so many on the train. Yet he 
is the man who was brought out of the prison hospital 
at the Charleston race-course by the Confederates, sick 
with yellow fever, and turned off for nine days in a 
lonesome place to shift for himself with little or no 
attention, but yet pulled through in good shape, to 
attend the monument dedication forty-three years later. 

There is Sergeant Samuel J. Griswold of the 16th 
Conn. Vols., so greatly beloved by all who knew him. 

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He is the man who did so much to rouse others from 
fatal apathy in the prison at Andersonville, saving many 
lives in that way. As he was suffering greatly with 
asthma, his friends in Guilford tried to dissviade him from 
attempting the trip to Andersonville, telling him, "Why, 
Sam, you'll die on the train"; to which he calmly re- 
plied, "Well, I don't know of a better crowd to die 
with, and I'm going to go," and go he did in spite of 
his serious handicap. 

That large, brown-haired, broad-shouldered man is 
Al)el D. Brown of the 21st Conn., whom the Confed- 
erates hung up by the thumbs at Florence, S. C, for 
attempting to escape from the stockade. The last time 
the writer had seen him he was swinging clear from 
the ground from the projecting roof timbers of the 
guard house at that place. 

And there is George Q. Whitney, one of the monu- 
ment commission, an expert machinist, who when urged 
by the Confederates to patch up some of their broken- 
down locomotives for high j^ay in gold coin and extra 
rations, replied that he could make every part of a loco- 
motive from the wheels to the whistle, but as for doing it 
for them, he added, "I'll see you in hell first, and then I 
won 't, ' ' and remained in the stockade to starve with the rest. 

That quiet man who is so enjoying the trip is James 
Young, who came from Montreal to join the party. He 
was one of twelve young Canadians who were so opposed 
to slavery and so in sympathy with the Union cause 
that they came over the line and enlisted in the 6th 
Conn. Vols., serving with honor to the end of the war. 

Discussion of the trial of the "raiders" in Ander- 
sonville revealed the fact that one of the jury who tried 

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them was a member of our party, in the person of 
Q.-M. Sergeant Thomas E. Hurlburt, Co. B, 1st Conn. 
Cav., of Seymour, Conn. Like most of that jury, Mr. 
Hurlburt had been in the prison but a short time when 
called to serve upon it. This was in order to secure 
as far as possible unprejudiced jurors and give the 
"raiders" a fair trial. Another member of that jury, 
Eev. Thomas J. Sheppard of Granville, Ohio, is still 
living and active in his work. Mr. Sheppard was Or- 
derly Sergeant, Co. E, 97th O. V. I., and will be remem- 
bered as the leader of many religious meetings in the 
prison. In Ohio he is widely known as the " Ander- 
son ville Chaplain. ' ' 

One of the things the ex-j)risoners of the 16th Conn. 
Vols, are thankfid for is that in those dark days in the 
old stockade none of their dead lacked reverent burial. 
Before carrying the bodies of their comrades up to the 
gate, a passage of Scripture Avas read and a brief 
prayer offered. William H. Jackson, Co. B, now of 
Franklin, Mass., rendered this service with many of 
our dead, and had with him on the train the Bible he 
used in Andersonville. 

Among those of our party long in confinement was 
Albert A. Walker, Commissary Sergeant, 16th Conn. 
Vols., of Norwich, Conn., who was in Andersonville a 
year, being one of those who were finally taken to 
Florida by the Confederates at the close of the war, in 
April, 1865, and turned loose near the Union lines to 
shift for themselves. He bears his years well and it is 
a pleasure to know that he can take life more easily. 

While our train is speeding homeward, let us turn 
our thought once more to the National Cemetery before 

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leaving it too far behind. What an interesting and 
helpful thing was the flagging of the graves of Con- 
necticut men! This was done by Captain Bryant, the 
superintendent, before the arrival of our party, and 
was of great assistance in locating the graves of mem- 
bers of Connecticut regiments. As interments were 
made in nimierical order, the graves of our Connecticut 
boys are scattered all through the long rows of the large 
enclosure, but the flag at each headstone showed at a 
glance where they were, and helped greatly in their 
individual identification. Over 14,000 flags are kept at 
the cemetery for the observance of Memorial Day when 
each grave is flagged, and when the old Union soldiers 
from Fitzgerald, Georgia, send over a large delegation 
for the projDer observance of the day and place. Fitz- 
gerald is a thriving town, settled by Grand Army men 
from the Northwest who have made a success of fruit 
culture. They maintain a strong post of the G. A. R., 
and the register in the superintendent's house on the 
stockade groimds shows that they and their families are 
frequent visitors. 

It is pleasant to know that our Connecticut boys 
are so remem])ered, and that when Memorial Day again 
occurs their monument will be found in place with those 
from sister states. Old soldiers are keen critics in 
their way and not at all chary in giving expression 
to dissatisfaction with things that do not please them; 
but there was not one in our party who was not pleased 
with the Connecticut Soldier-Boy of Andersonville. The 
presence of Mr. Pratt, the sculptor, was knoTvai liut to 
few at first. He was sitting on a bench facing the monu- 
ment after the bronze figure had been set in place on its 

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pedestal, when one of tlie old soldiers sitting by him, re- 
marked to a comrade, "I don't know the man who 
made that monument, but he is an artist, anyway," and 
in these simi^le words he expressed the feeling of all. 
There are larger and costlier monuments in the National 
Cemetery at Andersonville, but none which so fully tell 
the whole story. The vmveiling of the bronze figure by 
Miss Dorothy Cheney, assisted by Miss Clara Denison and 
Miss Ruth Cheney, soldiers' daughters, was a part of the 
dedication exercises which gave great pleasure to the ex- 
prisoners. 

The presence of Chaplain Twichell added greatly to 
the pleasure of all our party and his address touched 
all hearts. To his old college mates he is still "Joe," 
and to his parishioners " Mr.," but to the old soldiers 
he is and always will be "Chaplain Twichell," and his 
words came to them as from a comrade, fitly expressing 
their thoughts and wishes and rightly interpreting the 
meaning and spirit of the occasion. His presence was 
a benediction. 

Much regret was expressed for the unavoidable 
absence of Hon. Theron Upson of the Monument Com- 
mission. He had been present a year before when the 
site for the monimaent was selected, but was prevented 
by illness from attending the dedication exercises. En- 
listing as a private in the 1st Light Battery, Conn. 
Vols., in October, 1861, Mr. Upson served with it through 
the war, returning as First Lieutenant, and being mus- 
tered out June 11, 1865 after nearly four years of hard 
and honorable service. 

Regret was also expressed by more than one for the 
absence of Dorence Atwater, through whose foresight 

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and courage a duplicate of the prison death-roll was 
preserved, making it jtossible to identify so large a 
proportion of the whole number, the National Cemetery 
at Andersonville being exceptional in this respect. The 
service he thus rendered, at great risk to himself, was 
of incalculable value and deserving of the highest praise. 

Before we leave the train, let us give a thought to 
the railroad men who made the run of the "Anderson- 
ville Special" such a great success. Representatives of 
both the Pennsylvania and Southern roads accompanied 
the party the entire distance, performing their respon- 
sible duties so promptly, so thoroughly, but so unob- 
trusively, that all went well from first to last, giving a 
fine illustration of the perfection of modern methods 
in railroading. The prisoners went to Andersonville 
years ago in box freight cars, wdth from forty to sixty 
in a car exclusive of the guards. The change to Pull- 
mans was much appreciated. The dining-car sei*vice, 
also, was excellent, and rendered under miusual difficul- 
ties. Every one seemed to wish to do all they could for 
the old soldiers and their friends. 

But these things do not happen. Somebody does a 
whole lot of care fid planning months before. The 
Monument Commission was fortunate in its secretary, 
Mr. Fred W. Wakefield of Meriden, Conn., who spared 
neither time nor effort to see that all went well, and 
there was a general feeling that much of the success 
of the imdertaking was due to his efficient and faithful 
services. But to George Q. Whitney of Hartford, a 
member of the Commission, more than to anyone else, 
we are under obligations for inaugurating and carry- 
ing out the idea of a memorial to Connecticut men who 

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were prisoners of war in southern military prisons, 
1861-1865, and for obtaining appropriations for that 
purpose from two sessions of the Legislature. He 
worked in the most untiring and devoted way from be- 
ginning to end toward the object he had in view. The 
preliminary work accomplished, he thought of and 
planned for every detail for the comfort and enjoyment 
of the whole party. We certainly owe the deepest 
gratitude to him, without whom none of this undertak- 
ing would have been carried through. 

The special train reached New Haven Saturday 
morning, October 26, with all on board safe and well, 
and with a profound conviction that they had had the 
time of their lives. How pleasant it is to look back 
upon, and how fvill of real satisfaction! 

The old survivors feel luider great obligation to the 
president and members of the Monument Commission 
for their happy and fortunate selection of a monument 
so fitting and expressive in design, their choice of a 
site so beautiful and secure, the thoughtful provision 
for their safety and comfort on the journey to Ander- 
sonville, and the character and success of the dedication 
exercises. Again and again expression was made by 
the old veterans of their grateful appreciation of the 
generous action of the Legislature of Connecticut in 
providing this fine memorial at Anderson ville, and in 
making it possible for so many to attend its dedication. 
Their only regret is that the remoteness of the location 
makes it improbable that many Connecticut people will 
ever see the fine moniunent their State has erected, or 
stand by the graves of those who died there. 

Egbert H. Kellogg 
Sergeant-Major 16th Conn. Vols. 
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NOTES BY A GUEST. 



THE Legislature of the State of Connecticut, in Janu- 
ary, 1905, passed a resolution maldng an appropria- 
tion of $6,000 for a memorial to Connecticut soldiers 
imprisoned in Andersonville, Georgia, during the Civil 
War. They also appointed a commission, to be com- 
posed of Frank W. Cheney, George Q. Whitney, George 
E. Denison, Norman L. Hope, and Theron Upson, to 
whom they intrusted the duties of selecting a design, 
choosing a location, and expending for the purposes of 
the memorial the simi appropriated. Again, in Janu- 
ary, 1907, the Legislature then sitting appropriated for 
the expenses of the completion and dedication of the 
monument already chosen, and for the transportation 
of ex-prisoners of war who were members of Connecti- 
cut regiments to and from the dedication, the sirm of 
$7,500, the appropriation given into the care of the 
same commission. 

Thus generously provided for, the conmiission re- 
quested their secretary, Mr. Frederick W. Wakefield, 
to give out invitations to all living members of Con- 
necticut regiments who were in Andersonville prison 
during the Civil War, numbering now about 200 men. 
The invitations were given out in June, so that there 
might be abundant opportimity for decision and answer. 
General appreciation of the opportunity was shown and 

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niauy acceptances were received. The commission wished 
to provide for all handsomely and comfortably, and to 
this end had not only a good sleeping berth for every 
man, but a dining-car and Pullman parlor-car on the 
train. To help cover these extra expenses one car was 
filled with invited guests, who were glad to pay tlieir 
own expenses that they might enjoy the privilege of 
going to Andersonville with a party so interesting and 
remarkable. The whole party consisted of 83 veterans 
and 20 other persons, 103 in all, including a physician 
and two railroad representatives. 

We assembled in New Haven at noon on October 
21, 1907, and foimd our train waiting for us and all 
arranged in an orderly manner for the journey to 
Andersonville. The day was fine and many wives and 
daughters came to see the old soldiers off, bouquets in 
their hands and eager sympathy in their faces. One 
man was so afraid that he shoidd somehow miss it all 
that he came to New Haven the night before. There 
were meetings of comrades who had not met for forty 
years, and recognitions made at first with hesitation 
which led soon to re-established friendships. Even the 
invited guests, remembering the great past in which 
these men had part, were moved not only by sympathy 
in their former sufferings but to a glad participation 
in their triumphant comradeship. They recognized in 
a small measure their great sacrifice, not only of life 
in death but of life in life, — a sacrifice of hopes and 
opportunities which all men hold dear, a sacrifice of 
health and strength and higher education and business 
career. How much this meant to many, few of this 

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time can guess, and contact with this body of ex-pris- 
oners was a great revelation of it. It had not been 
forgotten when they enlisted. Many of them saw what 
was before them, and that they must look forward not 
only to crippled limbs but to a crippled life. For their 
dear country they were willing to make such sacrifices 
and to lay down not only life itself but, if they lived, 
a great deal that makes life worth living. Such a senti- 
ment acted on in early life lives in the character later, 
a silent incentive to unselfish living, a tendency at the 
very root of manhood. So it was that, little by little, 
the members of the party drew nearer to each other, 
and entered on the delightful phase of intimacy which 
is based on a conunon interest. When we reached An- 
dersonville the men were once more comrades and ready 
for the long-dormant memories which awakened at the 
sight of the once too familiar places. Familiar, too, 
were still some of the old faces, known once in time of 
adversity and now welcomed in joy and prosperity. 

Soon after starting we passed Noroton, and though 
we could not stop we enjoyed the salute of the veterans 
who were drawn up in orderly line, with the color-bearer 
still bearing the flag as in the old days. We felt hon- 
ored and touched by the remembrance. 

The scenery of the journey through North Carolina 
and Georgia is that of the reconstructed South. Great 
brick cotton mills line the railroad and at every town 
you see long rows of little houses. When the people 
are at work in the mills the towns seem deserted. In 
the autumn certainly the fields are lonely, and only the 
still ungathered third picking of cotton told the story 
of the product for the manufacture of which these mills 

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are built. The cotton bushes are larger and the white 
bolls of cotton fuller as you go further south, and we 
all gathered specimens of the curious flowers in their 
long-fingered calixes, ranging in color from yellow to 
deep crimson according to the period of bloom. 

Andersonville is a small town on the Central Georgia 
Railroad. Inquired of as to its population a white 
resident said that "he reckoned there were about 75 
people there, barrin' niggers." The station, where our 
train spent two days, and where we continued to go for 
our meals and sleep, is presided over by a nice yoimg 
woman, who sends your telegrams and gives flowers and 
favors as she has opportunity. It stands on a bank of 
yellow earth, and its steps are often filled by a crowd 
of passengers. Black women and boys were selling per- 
simmons and pomegranates and sugar cane. Across the 
road is the village store, its narrow piazzas always 
swarming with people of both races, and occasionally 
dinners of southern delicacies are spread on planks sup- 
ported by soap-boxes and enjoyed in open-air freedom. 
Down in the hollow is a barn-like cotton mill to which 
the cotton is brought for the cotton-gin from neighboring 
farms. One queer conveyance was dra^vn by a bullock 
with a single rope rein. 

A sandy road crosses a shallow stream and brings 
you soon to the "prison-pen," a piece of land of about 
20 acres, which lies on two hillsides sloping toward each 
other with the stream running in the hollow between. 
In 1864 this land was without tree or shrub to soften 
the force of the summer sun. If there was grass there 
originally on part of it, it was soon trodden into the 
yellow earth by the trampling of 30,000 men. Wirz 

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and his Coufederate force had their fort with its earth- 
worlcs eonimauding the stockade from the south, and 
they had also redoubts at the opposite or north angles of 
the stockade looking lioth ways, but with their batteries 
trained outward to meet possible attack from that quar- 
ter. This piece of land came lately into the possession 
of the Women's Relief Corps of the Grand Army, and 
they have built a good house there, and marked with a 
little granite building in the hollow the "Providence 
Spring," where in time of direst need from want of 
water a bountiful pure spring burst forth during an 
August thmider-storm, and has rim without ceasing ever 
since. Be your faith what it may, you cannot visit this 
spot without a sense of miraculous heavenly bounty. If 
the spring meant hope and salvation to the sick or 
dying prisoner, its clear, cool waters mean not less now 
to the visitor who goes there with understanding of 
imprisonment and its suffering in his heart. It seems 
like the direct gift of God, and so thoiight those who 
had prayed for it. The whole ground is marked by 
signs which show the localities where certain events 
took place. The wells dug by prisoners, ostensibly for 
water, but from which in many cases tunnels were made 
for escape, are now surroimded by young trees, and in 
early summer abloom with hone^^'suckle. Tall trees have 
gro^vn up on the hill-tops, and the stream is overgrown 
by brush and bush. The double line of the stockade is 
marked by posts. On one side of the uphill road a 
grove of pecan trees is growing. Umbrella-shaped china 
trees lend their solid shade to the house, a large United 
States flag floats over it, a pretty rose garden is in front, 
and many veterans have found rest and shelter in its 

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shady verandah. On this ground Ohio, Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island, Michigan and Wisconsin have placed 
their monmnents, and there it was at first assumed that 
Connecticut would place hers. The tall obelisk of Ohio 
is a shining mark to all the country, and no one can 
look at it without being glad that it is there. 

But beyond this piece of ground, which was the 
scene of so much suffering in 1864, there is a walled 
cemetery in the care of the United States Government, 
and there in long rows of graves, marked by marble 
headstones, with name, regiment and location number 
of each man legibly inscribed, lie the Union soldiers 
who died at Andersonville. Time and care have made 
a spot of sheltered beauty about these once neglected 
graves. Oaks and magnolias, neat roads and soft turf, 
the song of birds and the watchful presence of our 
government in the person of its appointed superin- 
tendent, all make you feel that this is a place, sacred 
it is true to the saddest memories, but with a feeling 
of peace about it which softens the bitterness of the 
past. There, on slightly rising ground, with three fine 
oaks in a semicircle for background, the Connecticut 
mommient is placed. The commission who visited 
Andersonville a year and a half earlier chose this spot 
unanimously, and obtained a willing promise of it from 
the U. S. War Department in Washington on their 
return. 

The commission chose as sculptor Mr. Bela Lyon 
Pratt of Boston, who had made for St. Paul's School of 
Concord, N. H., a fine and appropriate statue in memory 
of the gallant young soldiers from that school who had 
fallen in the Spanish War of 1898. The choice of a sub- 

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jeet for the Andersonville monument was one on which 
commission and artist held many conferences. It came 
out in the course of experiments that the demand was for 
a figure which sliould represent a very young man, in 
Civil War uniform to the smallest details, and whose ex- 
pression should be that of the courage and heroism that 
are developed in suffering, — strong, modest, hopeful. He 
should be the typical soldier-boy of the northern people, 
and his bearing that of one who has learned poise by 
endurance. This was the ideal of the sculptor himself 
evidently, and he worked continuously and successfully 
towards it until all felt that his object was achieved. 

Wednesday, the 23d of October, was a clear day 
and hot for the season of the year. The bronze figure 
had come safely and in season, but owing to some mis- 
take in transportation the stone pedestal had taken 
journeys to Canada and Tennessee and other improbable 
places, arriving at Andersonville only the Friday before 
the Wednesday fixed for our day of dedication. Conse- 
quently the work of placing the stone and of raising 
the statue into position upon its pedestal was not com- 
pleted before the exercises. Had it been known that 
the next day would be fine and that the work would be 
finished the exercises might have been deferred until 
Thursday. On that day the work was nearly done and 
the verdict was that it was "perfect." As it was, the 
dedication took place as announced at 3 o'clock on 
Wednesday afternoon. Assembly bugle call was sounded 
by an old bugler of the 16th regiment, Comrade Greene, 
who stood there with tears streaming down his face 
while he sunmioned his old comrades from among the 
graves of those who were gone. Besides the veterans 

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and their guests there were assembled before the monu- 
ment a picturesque group of blacks and a few white 
Southern people. 

Mary Bushnell Cheney. 



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DEDICATION EXERCISES. 



T 



HE services began with a prayer by Rev. Joseph 
H. Twichell. 



Col. Cheney, the chairman of the Andersonville 
Moniunent Commission, spoke as follows: 

Comrades: 

It is a great grief to us that our moniunent is not 
completed and the statue upon the pedestal. But we 
think we had better make sure of this beautiful day for 
the dedication rather than take the risk of putting it off 
till tomorrow. 

The Andersonville Monument Commission was ap- 
pointed by the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, to 
erect a memorial to the men of Connecticut who suffered in 
southern military prisons during the Civil War, 1861-65. 
The members of the Commission and a few friends 
visited this spot a year ago last spring, arriving here on 
the 3d of May, 1906, forty-two years from the day the men 
of the Sixteenth Connecticut regiment entered the prison 
stockade. Four of our party had belonged to the Six- 
teenth Regiment and were with us on that day. You 
can yourselves realize with what memories and emotions 
they returned to the well-remembered places, where the 
trials of long months were endured. 

We visited the spot in order to choose a fitting site for 
our memorial. We had assumed that the place where our 

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comi'ades had suffered would be the place for it, and this 
thought was uppermost in our minds until we came to the 
National Cemetery, where the flag of the United States 
protects the repose of those who gave their lives for it. 
More than three hundred men of Connecticut lie in these 
silent graves. Here are only peace and quietness. 

So it was that after careful inspection of the ground 
of the old prison pen and the National Cemetery for the 
greater part of two days, we selected this spot as the one 
we preferred for our memorial. The site was decided on 
and given us without hesitation by the War Department 
at Washington. 

Standing here on this chosen place, we feel the pres- 
ence of our comrades with us today, and we know that they 
feel ours and will understand and appreciate in its true 
spirit what we try to express, whether our words are well 
chosen or not. 

We are on sacred ground, and we still further conse- 
crate it by placing here our memorial to our dead comrades, 
as well as to those who suffered with them and are yet alive. 
These too, have a right to share in our family graveyard, 
our God's acre, where our loved and honored ones are 
buried, and will wait for us when we too pass over and have 
a reunion on the shores of a new life. This will soon come 
about, for we are all old men, many of us already past our 
allotted time of three-score years and ten. 

It is a great privilege to be here, and to share the beau- 
tiful quiet of this cemetery, which is so reverently cared for 
by the government of the United States. The most fitting 
way in which we could dedicate our monument would be on 
our knees in silent prayer. May the peace of the Lord which 
passeth understanding rest and abide here forever. 

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The work of our commission is ended. We wish to ex- 
press our gratitvide to the State of Connecticut for having 
so generously provided the ways and means for carrying out 
our sacred duty, and our sense of obligation and apprecia- 
tion of the luitiring interest and work of those who have 
helped us without regard to cost of time and trouble. 

We especially wish to honor the young sculptor, Bela 
Lyon Pratt, for the noble work of art he has produced, 
our Soldier Boy of Andersonville, the ideal yoimg soldier, 
as he stood for all that is noble and loyal and enduring when 
he offered himself and his life, if need be, for our loved 
eormtry. We leave him here, feeling that he is a son or 
brother, loved and lost in the service of his country, and that 
he is now with our comrades at rest. 

We now turn over our memorial to the representative 
of the State of Connecticut, Comptroller Bradstreet, an old 
soldier and comrade, who will speak for our State in the 
absence of the governor, who is unable to be present. 



At this point the monimient was imveiled by Miss 
Dorothy Cheney, assisted by Miss Clara Denison and 
Miss Ruth Cheney. 



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CoiMPTROLLER Bradsteeet, in accepting the monument 
for the State, and in then delivering it into the care 
of the government of the United States, spoke as 
follows : 

Colonel Cheney and memters of the Andersonville Monu- 
ment Commission: 

You have performed the trust which the State of 
Connecticut reposed in you in a manner highly satisfactory 
to our State. Your work has been done well. The design 
of this monument reflects much credit on your judgment 
and good taste, and today your duties as commissioners close 
under southern skies and on sacred ground, groimd made 
sacred by the heroic trial and sufferings of comrades, suffer- 
ings so acute that the shadows of night were more welcome 
than the light of day, sufferings which language fails to 
describe and which no artist, however he may be inspired, 
can paint ; ground made sacred as the final resting place of 
300 or more men of our Connecticut regiments who died 
in the belief that a kind nation and a kind state would 
not allow the dear ones at home to suffer from want. 

As representing the State of Connecticut, I now in 
the name of the Commonwealth accept this monvunent 
from your hands, and in the name also of the comrades 
who died here and of their widows and children, as 
well as in the name of those still living who suffered 
on this field, I thank you for your good work. It is 

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•iUOMAS D. HKAIlSIKEET 



by such deeds that knowledge of the works, sentiments 
and love of the passing generation is handed down to 
the generations yet to come. 

Captain Bryant: This monument is erected by the 
State of Connecticut " In Memory of the Men of Connecti- 
cut Who Suffered in Southern IMilitary Prisons." It is 
placed on national ground, and to you, representing the 
United States government, I, representing the State of 
Connecticut, now present this monimient, knowing that it 
will be kept sacred, and trusting it will not only be rever- 
enced by those that wore the blue, but honored by those 
who wore the gray. 



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Captain J. M. Bryant, Superintendent of the Na- 
tional Cemetery, responded as follows: 

Mr. Chairman, Memhers of the Andersonville Monument 
Commission of Connecticut, and Felloiv Comrades: 

IT affords me great pleasure, for and in behalf of the 
War Department of our government, to accept the 
monument erected in this National Cemetery by the 
State of Connecticut in memory of her valiant sons who 
suffered in Southern military prisons during the war 
between the States, which you are assembled here today to 
dedicate. Let me assure you that the honor is no less 
appreciated because conferred upon me by our govern- 
ment, than because of the opportunity which it affords me 
to meet with you on this occasion. 

The State of Connecticut has reason to be proud of her 
military history, not only in the war between the states, 
but also in previous and later wars ; for it was by Connecti- 
cut men, so a private history informs us, that the first 
flags were captured from the British during the War of 
1812, and more recently in the war with Spain she fur- 
nished a very large quota of both men and money to defend 
the cause which our government espoused. 

Nor is it to be said with discredit to the old Nutmeg 
State that there were men from within her borders who 
fought in the Confederate ranks, for they were follow- 
ing the dictates of conscience. There were others within 
her borders who sought by peaceful means to stay the 

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awful strife, Bien who, while declaring that the flag 
must uot be dishonored, and deprecating the spirit of war 
which was rampant on all sides, yet were ready to join the 
multitude who offered their lives in response to the first 
call for troops issued by our martjrred Lincoln. 

Testimony to the patriotism and bravery of her men is 
to be found in every history of the Civil War. According 
to one well-known work, she sent to the war upwards of 
50,000 soldiers in her o^m regiments, and many more who 
fought in the regiments of other states. Over 5,000 officers 
and enlisted men who served in her own regiments gave up 
their lives on the field of battle or died of woimds or disease 
incurred in line of duty. Some of the most famous generals 
of the Civil War sprang from that state, and her brave 
sons and grandsons fell upon every great battle-field. 

Of the men who suffered and died in southern military 
prisons, whose memory this mommient is designed to per- 
petuate, approximately 304 died in the Andersonville 
Prison and were Iniried iu this National Cemetery. If it 
be given to the dead to know anything of this earth it is 
certain that the spirits of these departed comrades are with 
us today, or that " they bend over the golden walls of the 
Celestial City " listening to the welcome words that assure 
them they are not forgotten and rejoicing with us in a re- 
united country and an undivided loyalty to the grand old 
flag. 



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Col. Cheney said: 

The Commission has selected Comrade Robert H. 
Kellogg to speak for the ex-prisoners of Andersonville. 
He is one of them and knows whereof he speaks. 

Mr. Kellogg 's address was as follows: 

ON the third day of May, 1864, in the early morning 
of a clear bright day, a large detachment of Union 
soldiers imder heavy guard were marched from 
near the railroad station at Andersonville, Ga., where they 
had spent the previous night, to a spot near the south 
entrance gate of an enclosure surroimded by a high stock- 
ade of heavy timbers, overlooked at short distances by 
armed and watchful sentries. 

These men had formed the garrison of a small forti- 
fied outpost at Plymouth, N. C, where they had made a 
brave, determined, but ineffectual defense, yielding only 
after repeated demands for their surrender to a Confederate 
force greatly outnumbering them in men and artillery, re- 
inforced by the ironclad Albemarle operating on the 
Roanoke River in their rear. 

The State of Connecticut was represented in this de- 
tachment of prisoners of war by about 300 enlisted men of 
its 16th Regiment of infantry volunteers, their officers being 
then separately held in confinement at Macon, Ga. They 
foimd in the prison a few other Connecticut men, some of 
whom had been long in confinement. In the long months of 
that battle-sununer of 1864 many more were added to their 

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KOHKRT H. KKIJ.0(;R 



number, coming from hard-fought fields and representing 
many different regiments. 

They were nearly all young men, mostly unmarried 
and some of them but little more than boys. They had come 
from the farm and the mill, the store and the shop, from 
school and college, and were good representatives of the 
citizenship of their native state. They had voluntarily 
entered the military service in the field and were in prime 
physical condition. The common schools of New England 
had given them a good education, and when the prison com- 
mander, Captain Wirz, reined up his horse in front of the 
line and called out, ' Is there any sergeant who can read 
and write ? ' he was greeted with hoots of derision. It was 
such men as these, strong, brave, bright boys of Connecti- 
cut, who, when the great gate of the stockade swung open, 
marched into what they soon knew and what we now know 
as Andersonville Prison, a name to which sad memories 
always attach. 

As they filed in, a strange and terrible sight met their 
astonished gaze. In silent ranks on either hand, pressing 
closely upon them as they marched in, stood a multitude of 
hiunan beings, but of what sort did not at first appear, 
gaunt, ragged, barefooted, with skin blackened by pitch- 
pine smoke, and clothing vermin-covered. These himian 
wrecks were Union soldiers who had endured the horrors of 
Belle Isle and Danville, and had been turned in here to die. 
With its 12,000 prisoners, the enclosure seemed densely 
crowded to those who now entered, though many of them 
lived to see nearly three times that munber occupy the same 
space. 

The shock of this entrance was terrifying and dis- 
heartening, testing the courage of the bravest, but with the 

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dawu of another day hope revived, resolution strengthened, 
and these Connecticut boys faced the situation with deter- 
mination. Maintaining their company and regimental 
organization as closely as possible, they took counsel with 
one another, and with grim determination made ready for an 
unequal combat. It was to be a daily struggle with false 
and discouraging reports of exchange and with heart-break- 
ing yearnings for home ; a prolonged contest with exposure, 
himger, sickness and death, amid surroundings repulsive 
beyond description. But they set themselves to meet it. 
Securing such locations as were available, they began at 
once to try to make the best of it and ordered their lives 
accordingly. 

And here all previous training and native ingenuity 
came in play. The value of good discipline, the oft-repeated 
lessons of drill and inspection through which the care of 
person and quarters had become second nature, were here 
apparent and tested in constant use. Our Connecticut men 
made the most of what little they had, displaying intelli- 
gence and good sense in its use. None knew better than 
they how to make the best of their scanty and poorly-cooked 
rations. With limited means they constructed such par- 
tial shelter as was possible, looked carefully after their 
water supply and did all they coidd to keep themselves and 
their quarters clean. Thrown among unrestrained and dis- 
orderly men, our boys stood for order and restraint. In 
surroundings which brought out all that was selfish in 
human nature their spirit was unselfish and helpful. They 
not only stood by one another loyally, but extended the 
helping hand to those about them. Many a prisoner belong- 
ing to regiments from other states knew what it was to 
share the food, shelter and friendly care of our Connecticut 

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boys. They faithfully nursed their sick aud reverently 
cared for their dead. Solicitations to enter the military 
service or civil emj)loynient of the Southern Confederacy 
were turned aside with scorn Ijy them, though acceptance 
meant instant release from the fate that now so clearly 
stared them in the face. 

But the daily arrival of new prisoners brought con- 
stant information from the battle-fields, with a clearer un- 
derstanding of the real nature of the mighty conflict that 
was being waged and the importance of their passive part 
in it. This was evidenced by the action of Connecticut men, 
who, almost to a man, voted solidly against the proposal 
(originating with the Confederate authorities) for sending 
a commission through the lines to urge Union authorities 
to bring about an exchange of prisoners. They knew that 
at that time such an exchange practically meant a reinforce- 
ment of 50,000 able-bodied men to fill the depleted ranks of 
the Confederates. Numbers of our brave Connecticut boys, 
too weak to stand, crawled to their place in line to cast their 
votes against the proposition, well knowing that they would 
probably die in prison if not soon released, as in fact most 
of them did. 

As the days of that fatefid summer slowly passed, it 
was seen that our men were indeed fighting a losing battle. 
The constant and long-continued exposure to rain and sun 
and heat and cold, the poor and scanty rations, the disease- 
breeding filth, the heart sickness of hope deferred, all 
helped to break down resistance, and the death roll length- 
ened every day. One by one our brave boys gave up the 
fight and passed away, imtil more than 300 of them were 
quietly sleeping in this place, so remote from their New 
England home and all that they held dear. The inspired 

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writer has said that ' they that be slain with the sword are 
better than they that be slain with hunger, for these pine 
away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the 
field.' It was not in the heat and excitement of the battle 
that these men gave up life. No cheer of victory roused 
them as their souls took flight, but in the loneliness of a mul- 
titude, with a comrade only by their side, within an enemy 's 
lines and under a hostile flag, these sons of our beloved 
State passed to their great reward. Truly they were faith- 
ful unto death ; faithful to their state whose citizens they 
were; faithful to their coimtry whose flag they loved; 
faithful to the best that was in themselves. God bless them ! 

And now, in the strangely kind providence of God, 
we are gathered here today to pay honor to the memory of 
these men in behalf of the people of Connecticut. With 
other representatives of their state, a little handful of 
gray-haired survivors of this prison experience stand 
among the graves of those whom they once knew so well 
and whose privations they shared. It is a precious privilege 
and one never to be forgotten. Forty-three eventful years 
have passed, bringing great changes. Entering here long 
ago as prisoners, the flag of the Confederacy waved over 
us. Today, standing here as free men, the Stars and Stripes 
of our reunited coimtry float above us in the October breeze. 
No feeling of vindictiveness animates any breast and no 
desire exists to revive the bitterness of the past. We stand 
here as citizens of a great, powerful and prosperous coun- 
try, the hope of the oppressed of all the world, thankful that 
in its day of direful need there was found a great army of 
those who willingly gave life itself in its defense. 

Andersonville becomes an object lesson in patriotism. 
To this retired and beautiful spot will thousands resort in 

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the long years to come, to learn again and again lessons of 
heroic sacrifice made by those who so qnietly sleep in these 
long rows of graves. Erecting this beautiful monument to 
their memory, we mil leave them where they died, to sleep 
in the shadow of these friendly oaks, with the song of the 
wood-thrush and the mocking-bird for requiem. We who 
still remain will again take up the active duties of life, glad 
to be able to still lend a hand and striving to so acquit our- 
selves as to be worthy of those whose lives we here com- 
memorate. 



y?) 



COL. Cheney introduced the last speaker as " Our 
loyal and wami-liearted comrade, Joseph H. 
Twichell, Chaplain of the 71st N. Y. Regt. " 

Chaplain Twichell spoke as follows : 

Of the more than two and a half millions who in the 
struggle of the Civil War bore arms for the maintenance 
of the Union, no less than four hundred thousand per- 
ished, all yoimg men. 

That was the costliest part of the price paid for the 
saving of the nation's life. 

Of the great army of those who thus for their country's 
cause gave what Abraham Lincoln called " the last full 
measure of devotion," none endured for it so much as they 
on pilgrimage to whose graves we have come hither, — 
they and the comrades who shared their fate. Going down 
to the battle they were on service under the flag till the 
fortune of w^ar brought them to this place of sorrow, and 
here, though disarmed and parted from the flag, they, in 
their own eyes, were on the same service still, were soldiers 
of the Union still, and so continued to their last breath. 
In that service, as by them here finished, the supreme test 
of their courage, fortitude, fidelity, manhood, was met and 
was sustained. 

On no other field was the invincibleness of the spirit 
of patriotism and loyalty in those days witnessed and 
proved as on this field where we are assembled. It is, in 
its associations, one of the darkest spots in the whole land ; 
it is also one of the brightest; for it surely was the stage 

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KK\ .KisKl'H II TWIl MEI.L 



on which the most heroic scene of the drama of national 
defence was enacted. For my part I look upon this 
ground -with feelings of symi^athy and pity which I have 
no words to express, with tears rising in my heart, yet 
also with feelings equally inexpressible of gratitude and 
reverence. Oh, my comrades, who in these parting hours 
are communing with the recollections of the time when, with 
those who lie here, you drank the cup of strange affliction, 
I rejoice with you that you partake their honor. They — 
you — in drinking that cup did a work, for the value of its 
testimony and for its imperishable influence, for the 
inspiration proceeding and forever to proceed from it, 
surpassing the deed of valor. 

It exceeds, I well know, the power of one who lias not 
himself the memor}- of it, to conceive its bitterness. It was 
a woe the imagination of which, though it can be at the 
utmost but a faint picture of the reality, one shrinks from 
dwelling on. What these martyrs suffered it is heart-sick- 
ening, heart-rending to contemplate, and always must be. 

To the appalling sum of it is to be added the sum, yes, 
the greater siun, of what was suffered for them. 

It was not on those who faced the chances and sup- 
ported the hardships of the field, that, from first to last, 
the burden of the war's distress pressed most heavily; but 
on those they left behind in their homes, on their mothers, 
wives, sisters, most of all. It was not the Connecticut boy 
here undergoing the miseries of captivity that it moves the 
heart with deepest pain to consider, but his dear mother up 
in the old State, thinking, thinking, thinking of him day 
and night, never, it is likely, hearing from him; knowing 
that he was famishing and wasting away ; incessantly pray- 
ing for him with strong cryings and tears, unable as the 

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weary days dragged by to do the least thing more for him. 
Ah, there was by far the most pathetic, most tragic phase 
and feature of the situation, in the long agony of that 
maternal bosom. It killed some of those mothers. 

And that sacred anguish, I repeat, comes into the reck- 
oning of the sacrifice, costlier than that of blood, of which 
we here today consecrate a memorial. No other incident 
of the war touched a deeper chord of sympathy in the 
general heart than that of the lot of captivity. The song 
it inspired, 

" In the prison cell I sit, thinking, mother dear, of you, 
And our bright and happy home so far away," 

was sung all over the land, and with quivering lips, as we 
remember. 

That chord vibrates still. That the sentiment to which 
it gave voice is a living one after a generation has passed, 
the award of this memorial by a body of our citizens to most 
of whom the great war is known only as history, is evidence. 

It is more than a memorial. It is express witness that 
they who suffered, in that service of siaffering bore, as pa- 
triots and as soldiers, a part that was their own, unex- 
ampled, peculiar to them, in the rescue of our country 
out of well-nigh desperate perils, and even perfected their 
title to the gratitude expressed in the glowing words in 
which Mr. Lincoln uttered his feeling of what was due to 
those through whose toils and dangers the triumph of the 
national arms was achieved, and his great soul's prophetic 
vision of the outcome: " Thanks to all! for the great re- 
public; for the principle it lives by and keeps alive; for 
man's vast future, thanks to all! " 

Yes, ye brave, true victor spirits above whose dust we 
stand, we thank you; the ancient Commonwealth whose 

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sons ye were, thanks you; the nation thanks you, and will 
forever thank you, that for the cause ye deemed, and which 
was, the cause of God and of humanity, ye were here faith- 
ful imto death ! 

My friends, it is impossible for us not to feel that in 
this hallowed place and hour we are surrounded by imseen 
presences ; not to feel that they who in days gone by shared 
under the flag that floats yonder the same fortunes, bright 
and dark ; some of whom remain to this present ; more of 
whom,— among them those who rest beneath this sod,— 
have passed on; are today met together again. 

It is in this thought that in closing I repeat the tendei 
lines of the soldier-poet, Private Miles O'Reilly, letting 
them, in the embrace of their fond greeting, speak to and 

for both the living and the dead : 

Comrades, known in marches many, 
Comrades, tried in dangers many. 
Comrades, boimd by memories many, 

Brothers ever let us be ! 
Wounds and sickness may divide us 
Marching orders may divide us 
But whatever fate betide us 

Brothers of the heart are we. 
By communion of the banner, 
Battle-scarred but victor banner, 
By the baptism of tlie banner 

Brothers of one church are we. 
Creed nor faction can divide us, 
Race nor nation can divide us, 
But whatever fate betide us 

Brothers of the Flag arc we. 
Comrades, known by faith the clearest, 
Tried when death was near and nearest, 
Bound we are by ties the dearest. 

Brothers ever more to be. 

There is one more verse that is for us alone who are 
still for a season, which cannot be long, in the march of time. 

And if spared and growing older, 
Shoulder still in line with shoulder, 
And with hearts no throb the colder. 
Brothers ever we will be. 

(41) 



Col. Cheney in conclusion said: 
Comrades : 

We have now finished the dedication of our monu- 
ment. I am sorry it is over, for the occasion is one of 
intense interest to us all and we will carry the memory of 
it the rest of our lives. 

God bless you all! 

Comrade Greene then sounded taps and the assem- 
bly rose. Photographs were taken and graves were 
visited. The sun set, but the cemetery was not deserted 
until dark, the living walking among the dead. 

The next morning was bright again and the com- 
pany assembled about the statue. Toward noon the 
stone-work was nearly done. We began to know and 
love the Soldier-Boy, and a look of affectionate rever- 
ence characterized those who gathered about him. We 
did not feel that we were leaving him alone in a hostile 
or indifferent country. He was in the midst of a great 
sleeping army, to which he belonged and which would 
soon awake. 



(42) 



RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT LEGIS- 
LATURE. 

Making an Approprl\tion for a Memorial to the Con- 
necticut Soldiers, Imprisoned in Southern Military 
Prisons. 

General Assembly, 

January Session, A. D. 1905. 

Resolved hy this Assemhly: 

Section I. That the sum of six thousand dollars is 
hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the 
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a 
suitable monument or memorial in the National Cemetery 
or former prison grounds of Andersonville in the State of 
Georgia, to fittingly commemorate the patriotic devotion, 
heroism, and self-sacrifice of the soldiers and sailors of Con- 
necticut in the army and navy of the United States during 
the late Civil War in the Andersonville military prison dur- 
ing said war. 

Sec. II. Said monument or memorial shall be erected 
under the supervision and control, as to the location as afore- 
said, design, inscriptions, and execution, of a commission to 
be composed of Col. Frank W. Cheney, George Q. Whitney, 
George E. Denison, Norman L. Hope, and Theron Upson, 
which commission is hereby authorized and empowered to 
proceed, by themselves and such assistants as they find it 
necessary to employ, to locate the site, j^rocure plans, de- 

(43) 



signs, and specifications for such monument or memorial, 
and erect and complete such monument or memorial, and 
to do all things necessary to carry into full effect the pur- 
poses specified in this resolution. 

Sec. III. The expenses incurred by such commission 
for the design, location, and erection of said monument or 
memorial, and the inscriptions thereon, and the expenses of 
said commission, incident thereto, shall be paid out of the 
moneys hereinbefore appropriated for that purpose, and 
the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to draw 
his orders on the treasurer for the amount of said expenses, 
not exceeding in the aggregate the amount herein appro- 
priated, on the presentation of itemized vouchers, approved 
by said commission. 

Sec. IV. On the completion of said monument or 
memorial, said commission shall make a report thereof to 
the governor, setting forth the facts, in connection there- 
with, and embodying therein a full and complete itemized 
account of all expenditures and outlays incurred in the 
execution of the work. 

General Assembly, 
January Session, A. D. 1907. 
Resolved by this AsseniMy: 

Section 1. That the sum of seven thousand five hun- 
dred dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any 
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
expenses of the completion and dedication of the monu- 
ment erected to the Connecticut soldiers imprisoned in 
AndersonviUe Prison, including the transportation of ex- 
prisoners of war, who were members of Connecticut regi- 
ments and were imprisoned at said AndersonviUe prison, 
to and from said dedication. 

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Sec. 2. The moneys hereinbefore appropriated, or 
so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended 
under the direction and at the discretion of the commission 
raised and appointed by resolution approved July 6, 1905, 
providing for the erection of said monmnent; and the 
comptroller is lierel)y authorized and directed to draw 
his orders on the treasurer for amounts not exceeding in 
the aggregate the amoimt hereinbefore appropriated, on 
presentation of itemized vouchers approved by said com- 
mission. 

Commission. 
Lieut. Col. Frank W. Cheney, Chairman, South Man- 
chester, Conn., 16th Conn. Vols. 
*George Q. Wliitney, Hartford, Conn., 16th Conn. Vols. 
*George E. Denison, Hartford, Comi., 16th " " 
*Norman L. Hope, Hartford, Conn., 16tli " " 
Theron Upson, Shelton, 1st Lieutenant, 1st Lt. Battery. 
Frederick W, Wakefield, Secretary, Meriden, Conn. 



* Survivors of Andersonville Prison. 



(4.5) 



A meeting of the commission for organization was held 
October 27, 1905, at which Col. Frank W. Cheney was elected 
chairman, and Frederick W. Wakefield secretary. 

The commission left for the visit to the Andersonville 
Prison groiuids and cemetery for the purpose of selecting 
the site, Tuesday, May 1, 1906, and arrived home Tuesday, 
May 8th. 

Various designs for the memorial were shown at meet- 
ings, but at the meeting held July 11, 1906, the design of Mr. 
Pratt was chosen, 

April 4, 1907, the following inscription was chosen: 

"In memory of the men of Connecticut who 
suffered in Southern military prisons 1861 — 1865. " 



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o 



LIST OF CONNECTICUT SOLDIERS BURIED IN THE ANDERSON- 

VILLE, GEORGIA, NATIONAL CEMETERY, AS PER 

BURIAL REGISTER ; WITH A PEW 

NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. 





1st Conn. 


V^OLUNTEER CaVALRY. 


9829 


Allen, John C 


0. H, 


Died Sept. 


27, 1864 


5464 


Bailey, Joseph A. ' 


' I, 


" Aug. 


13, 1864 


2818 


Baldwin, Thomas M. 


' L, 


- July 


3, 1864 


6083 


Bishop, Benjamin W. 


• I, 


" Aug. 


18, 1864 


4296 


Blakleslee, Henry ' 


' L, 


" July 


30, 1864 


12199 


Bone, A. ' 


' E, 


" Dec. 


1, 1864 Not in Conn, ros- 
ter. 


5806 


Brown, Charles ' 


' H, 


" Aug. 


16, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Chas. H. 


620 


Christie, Alonzo M. ' 


' A, 


" Apr. 


18, 1864 


7348 


Clary, Patrick E. 


' B, 


" Aug. 


30, 1864 


6060 


Cook, >Villiam H. ' 


' Ci, 


" Aug. 


18, 1864 


7325 


Davis, William 


' L, 


" Aug. 


30, 1864 


4465 


Fisher, Augustus ' 


' E, 


" Aug, 


11, 1864 


5913 


Frisbie, Levi 0. ' 


■ K, 


" Aug. 


17, 1864 


4974 


Granmont, Joseph ' 


' K, 


" Aug. 


7, 1864 


4015 


Gutterman, John 


' E, 


" July 


26, 1864 


3443 


Hall, William G. 


• K, 


" July 


16, 1864 


6695 


Hodges, George 


• H, 


" Aug. 


24, 1864 


5029 


Hollister, Augustus B. 


■ L, 


•• Aug. 


8, 1864 


49 


Holt, Thomas J. 


' A, 


•' Mar. 


14, 1864 


7365 


Jameson, John S., Sergt. • 


' M, 


•' Aug. 


31, 1864 Body may have 
been removed in 
1865. 


8502 


Johnson, Plumb 


' D, 


" Sept. 


11, 1864 


7749 


Kelty, James ' 


' L. 


'■ Sept. 


3, 1864 


10228 


Lee, Abner, (Farrier) 




" Oct. 


22, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Co. F, and died 
Oct 2, 1864. 


6570 


McDavid, James S. 


' K, 


" Aug. 


21, 1864 


4079 


Miller, Daniel 


' E, 


" July 


23, 1864 



HT) 



7547 Moore, Alden T., Corp. Co. 

7331 North, Samuel S. '' 

7511 Olena, Rollan L. 

5386 Peachey, James " 

3803 Phelps, Samuel G. 

10676 Pocahontas, Osceola " 

10416 Reynolds, Charles 

2804 Rutter, John 

9648 See, Lewis 

3558 Sherward, David •• 

4212 Smith, Charles E., Corp. " 

9304 Starkweather, Eugene W. " 

10787 Stahfi, John 

2474 Stevens, EH W. " 

4 Stone, Henry T. 

12005 Swift, Jonathan " 

10035 Tisdale, Edward F. 

2601 Warren, Edward T. J. " 

9265 Wheeler, John " 



2d Conn. Volunteer Heavy Artillery. 

4830 Blackman, Albert Co C, Died Aug. 6,1864 

12540 Bohin, Alex. " B, " Jan. 28, 1865 

11361 Candee, David M. " " Oct. 23, 1864 

12031 Rathbone, Benjamin H. '■ A, " Nov. 15, 1864 

2871 Read, Herberk H. •• H, •• July 4, 1864 

4555 Straum, James " D, " Aug. 2, 1864 

6918 Wigglesworth, Moses L. " H, " Aug. 26, 1864 

3d Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 
3224 Burns, John Co. I, Died July 12, 1864 



H, Died 


[ Sept. 2, 


1864 




L, '■ 


Aug. 30, 


1864 




E, " 


Sept. 1, 


1864 




H, " 


Aug. 10, 


1864 




A, " 


July 22, 


1864 




L, " 


Oct. 11, 


1864 




E, '• 


Oct. 6, 


1864 Conn, roster 
Edward. 


says 


E, " 


July 3, 


1864 




G, " 


Sept. 24, 


1864 Conn, roster 
Co. L. 


says 


D, '■ 


July 18, 


1864 




L, " 


July 29, 


1864 




L, " 


Sept. 30, 


1864 




L, " 


Oct. 12, 


1864 Conn, roster 
Stauff. 


says 


L, " 


June 25, 


1864 




E, " 


Mar. 4, 


1864 




K, " 


Nov. 14, 


1864 




L, " 


Sept. 29, 


1864 




E, " 


June 28, 


1864 




M, " 


Sept. 19, 


1864 





Conn, roster says 

Co. A. 
Disinterred, Sept. 

17, 1880. 
Conn, roster says 

Herbert. 
Conn, roster says 

Straun. 



4th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 
9340 Irlay, H. Died Sept. 20, 1864 

(48) 



Not in Conn, ros- 
ter. 3rd Reg't. 
all mustered out 
Aug. 7, 1861. 

Not in Conn, ros- 
ter. 



5th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 
13478 Austin, Richard Co. G Died Nov. 20, 186,5 



12134 
7975 



5452 
5596 
6846 
12442 
4558 



1277 

10397 

10033 

7961 

6705 

74 



4565 
9707 

6164 

545 

5274 

5919 



7395 

3949 

4367 

25 



9758 
8028 



Conn, roster says 
detailed brigade 
wagon train ; 
died Nov. 20, 
1865. 



Mountjoy, Thomas 
Smith, Henry 



C, '• Nov. 23, 1864 
n, ■' Sept. 6, 1804 



6tu Conn. Volunteer iNF-iVNTKy. 
Bantley, Francis Co. H, Died Aug. 24, 1864 

Burns, Bernard " G, •' Aug. 14, 1864 

Clark, William " A, ■' Aug. 25, 1864 

Eaton, William " F, '■ Jan. 12,1865 

Ernst, Jacob 



Frenzel, Otto 
Gladstone, William 
Hine, James 
Jones, John R. 
KierchoS, Bernhardt 
Miles, John A. 



Orton, H. C. 



Sanches, Martin 



c, • 


■ Aug. 


2, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
discharged Sept. 
11, 1864. 


c, 


•• May 


"1, 


1864 


K, 


• Oct. 


6, 


1804 


K, 


■• Sept. 


24, 


1804 


G, 


^' Sept. 


6, 


1864 


H, ' 


' Aug. 


24, 


1864 


D, 


•■ Mar. 


30, 


1864 Conn, roster^says 
died March': 20, 
1864. 


I, 


■' Aug. 


2 , 


1864 Not in Conn, ros- 
ter. 



E, 



Sept. 



1864 



7th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 
Berersford, Mathew Co. F, Died Aug. 19, 1864 
Bigelow, William W. " B, " Apr. 14, 1864 
Blanchard, Alfred •• A. '■ Aujr. 10, 1864 

Boyle, William 



Campbell, Robert 
Cottrell, Burt 
Cullen, Michael 
Dowd, Phiuias 



Ellis, Ebenezer 
Feely, Malcolm F. 



IT, 


■■ Aug. 


4, 


1861 Conn, roster says 
Co. B, and died 
Aug. 17, 1864. 


F, 


.4ug. 


31, 


1864 


c, 


■• July 


2-,, 


1864 


E, 


■ July 


31, 


1864 


I. ' 


■ Oct. 


1, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
dieil Richmond, 
Va. 


D, 


•■ Sept. 


6, 


1864 


I, 


■■ Sept. 




1864 Conn, roster 'says 



died Aug. 6, 
1864. 



(49) 



5567 Fogg, Charles, Sergt. 

2612 Pry, Samuel 

737 Jameson, Charles 

10255 John, Frederick 

8065 Kimball, Henry H, 

8866 Kohlenberg, Christian 

9219 Lewis, George H. 



9542 McDonald, William 



6426 Mercur, Michael 

9713 Messenger, Horace H. 

10895 Nichols, Michaels 

6222 Northrop, John 

11616 Perra, Antonio 

7688 Potocki, Alexander 



9533 Printer, Morris G. 



Co K. Died Aug. 



D, 
A, 
H, 
D, 
G, 



June 

Apr. 

Oct. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

Sept. 



13, 
28, 
26, 
3, 
7, 
15, 
18, 



1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 



Conn, roster has 
no one by this 
name in this 
regiment or as 
prisoner. 
" D, " Sept. 22, 1864 Conn, roster says 

mustered out 
uly 20, 1865. 



E, " Aug, 

I, " Sept. 

I, " Oct. 

D, " Aug, 

D, " Oct. 

G, " Sept 



22, 

25, 
14, 
18, 
28, 
3, 



1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 



C, 



Conn, roster says 
died July 6, 
1864. (See grave 
number.) 
Sept. 22, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Horace G. 
Painter. 



8078 


Reed, John 


ft 


B, 


" Sept. 


7, 


1864 


7310 


Reid, Robert K. 


it 


A, 


" Aug. 


30, 


1864 


9987 


Sliney, David 


K 


F, 


" Sept. 


29, 


1864 


12288 


Smith, John 


(1 


D, 


" Dec. 


13, 


1864 


234 


Smith, Horace M. 


U 


D, 


" Mar. 


29, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
Co. B, and died 
at Richmond, 
Va. 

1864 


5725 


Smith, Thomas 


11 


B, 


" Aug. 


15, 


10247 


Sparring, T. 


(( 


K, 


" Oct. 


3, 


1864 Not in Conn, ros- 
ter. 


3041 


Stewart, John 


a 


B, 


" July 


8, 


1864 


2158 


Welden, Henry 


(( 


E, 


" June 


19, 


1864 




8th Conn 


. Volunteer Infantry. 


10414 


Blumley, Edward 


Co. 


D, 


Died Oct. 


6, 


1864 


9984 


Crossley, Benjamin 


a 


G, 


" Aug. 


29, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
Sept. 29, which 
is also indicated 
by grave num- 
ber. 



(50) 



7603 Edwards, Charles J. Co. G, Died Sept. 1,1864 

9444 Godfrey, Sylvanus 

9129 Hall, Benjamin 

6374 Kempton, Benjamin A. 

5499 Lewis, Joshua 

4595 Marshall, Barlow 

6240 Marshall, Leander 

9248 Phillips, John J. 

7956 Tinker, Neheniiah D. 



H, ' 


" Sept. 


18, 1864 


F, ' 


' Sept. 


18, 1864 


G, 


" Aug. 


21, 1864 


E, 


" Aug. 


15, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Josiah. 


H, 


" Aug. 


2, 1864 


H, 


" Aug. 


25, 1864 


R, 


" Sept. 


19, 1864 Conn, roster says 
John I. 


tJ, 


" Sept. 


24, 1864 



336 Cain, John J. 
4096 Gray, Patrick 



9th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 

Co. H, Died Apr. 4, 1864 Conn, roster says 

John I. 
" H, " July 27, 1864 

10th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 



5799 Champlain, Henry F. Co. F, Died Aug. 11, 1864 



2813 Davis, William 

7294 Johnson, William H. 

8150 Moger, Aaron J. 

4356 Parker, Sand ford D. 



8170 Richardson, Charles S. 

3674 Risley, Edward H., Corp. 

2405 Seward, George H. 

4649 Whaley, James A. 



C, " July 


3, 


1864 


I, " Aug. 


30, 


1864 


, " Sept. 
t, " July 


8, 
30, 


1864 

1864 Conn, roster says 
Sandford S. 
Parker died 
July 21, 1864. 


•, " Sept. 
!, " July 


8, 
20, 


1864 Conn, roster says 

16th Reg't. 
1864 



A, 



June 25, 1864 
Aug. 3, 1864 



11th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 



5632 Balcom, Alonzo J. 
12408 Bassett, Joseph R. 



126 JO Beamis, Charles 



11175 Callahan, Jerry 
3941 Clarkson, William 
8568 Donovan, Joseph 



Co. B, Died Aug. 14, 1864 
" B, " Jan. 6, 18G5 Conn, roster says 

died Salisbury, 
N. C. 

Feb. 9, 1864 Conn, roster says 
1865. See grave 
number also. 

Aug. 22, 1864 

July 25, 1864 

Sept. 12, 1864 Conu. roster says 
deserted May 
16. 1864. 



K, 



I, 
H, 

A, 



(51) 



12188 


Fagan, Philip D. 


Co. 


A, 


Died Nov. 


28, 


1864 


10300 


Grady, Michael 


it 


B, 


" Oct. 


4, 


1864 


9369 


Heart, William 


ic 


F, 


" Sept. 


20, 


1864 Conn, roster has 
name Hart. 




Holmes, Wm., Sergt. 


il 


B, 


" Apr. 


15, 


1865 Conn, roster says 




Not on Andersonville 










supposed to be 




roster. 










last Conn, man 
who died at An- 
dersonville. 


12163 


Hudson, Charles 


li 


c, 


" Nov. 


26, 


1864 


7597 


Husbenthal, H. 


u 


c, 


" Sept. 


2, 


1864 Conn, roster has 
Hubenthal, 
Henry. 


5221 


Johnson, Samuel 


11 


c, 


" Aug. 


10, 


1864 


7083 


Johnston, George W. 


(1 


6, 


" Aug. 


28, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
died Aug. 8, 
1864. 


5186 


Kleinlien, Lorenzo 


li 


C, 


" Aug. 


0, 


1864 


6451 


Maglue, Samuel 


li 


1, 


" Oct. 


18, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
died Aug. 22, 
1864. (See 
grave number.) 


9170 


Martz, Carl 


il 


c, 


" Sept. 


18, 


1864 


6902 


Massie, George 0. 


it 


B, 


" Aug. 


26, 


1864 


11538 


McDonald, John 


11 


D, 


" Oct. 


27, 


1864 


4492 


McLean, M^illiam 


(f 


G, 


" Aug. 


1, 


1864 


6800 


Meal, John 


(t 


D, 


" Aug. 


25, 


1864 


9423 


Penn, H. N. 


(1 


G, 


" Sept. 


21, 


1864 Not in Conn, ros- 
ter. 


5002 


Plumb, Joseph C. 


a 


G, 


" Aug. 


8, 


1864 


7487 


Post, Charles E. 


il 


K, 


" Sept. 


1, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
Corporal. 


8345 


Ray, Andrew 


il 


G, 


" Sept. 


10, 


1864 


4636 


Renz, Lewis 


" 


I, 


" Aug. 


3, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
Lewis Renez. 


3196 


Short, Patrick 


11 


B, 


" July 


11, 


1864 


4316 


Stranbel, Lewis 


u 


c, 


" July 


30, 


1864 


11089 


Turner, Harry 


u 


A, 


" Oct. 


18, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
failed to report. 
No further rec- 
ord. 


9512 


Ward, Gilbert 


li 


G, 


" Sept. 


22, 


1864 


3410 


Wood, Joseph 


" 


E, 


" July 


10, 


1864 



(52; 



1-1 TH Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 
2380 Anderson, Andrew Co. K, died June 23, 1864 



10682 


Barnum, Philitus, Corp. ' 


' I, 


" Oct. 


11, 


1864 


1493 


Bessanson, Pierre 


' B, 


" May 


14, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
died May 31. 
1864. 


6184 


Boscher, William 


" E, 


" Aug. 


H', 


18G4 Conn, roster says 
Borchers. 


2833 


Brennon, Michael 


" B, 


" July 


3, 


IS 04 


7306 


Burncastle, Henry 


• A 


" Aug. 


30, 


1864 


775 


Crawford, James 


" A, 


" Apr. 


28, 


1864 


9089 


Filby, A. 


" c. 


'' Sept. 


18, 


1864 Not in Conn, ros- 
ter. 


186 


Flint, Curtis W. 


" G, 


" Mch. 


27, 


1864 


3028 


Gordon, John 


'• G, 


" July 


7, 


1864 


12117 


Hancock, William J. 


- G, 


" Nov. 


22 


1864 


3559 


Holcomb, Ludwick 


" D, 


'■ July 


is! 


1864 


2336 


Hughes, Edward 


" r>, 


■' June 


22, 


1864 


3281 


Jackson, T. 


" B, 


" July 


13, 


1864 Conn, roster has 
Thomas Jack- 
son, Co. D. 


7780 


Kain, Thomas 


" G, 


" Sept. 


4, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
Kane. 


10677 


Kelley, Peter B, 


'' c, 


■' Oct. 


11, 


1864 


6748 


Kelly, Thomas 


" I, 


" Aug. 


24, 


1864 


1590 


Kingsburg, Chauncey 


" K, 


" June 


3, 


1864 


6124 


Leonard, William 


" H, 


" Aug. 


1", 


1864 


11870 


Levanduskie, George 


" G, 


" Nov. 


6, 


1864 


119 


McCauley, James 


■' A, 


" Mar. 


23, 


1864 


10595 


McCrith, Albert 


" H, 


" Oct. 


10, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
McGrath. 


525 


McDougall, William C. 


" K, 


" Apr. 


13, 


18G4 Conn, roster says 
deserted Oct. 14, 
1863. 


3644 


Miller, Alfred 


" I>, 


- July 


20, 


1864 


2295 


Miller, Charles 


" 1, 


" June 


31, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
Charles MuUer 
died June 21, 
1864. 


9321 


Myers, Michael 


" F, 


" Sept, 


20, 


1864 


8276 


Orr, Alexander 


" H, 


" Sept. 


9, 


, 1864 


3868 


Pample, Carl 


" B, 


" July 


24, 


1864 


2960 


Pendleton, William 


" c, 


" July 


«, 


1864 


6796 


Ringwood, Richard 


" A, 


" Aug. 


25, 


1864 



(53) 



9928 Risley, Charles W. 
5385 Schutz, Charles 


Co. D, 

" I, 


3010 Scott, William 
3522 Smith, John 


" I, 



4892 


Steele, Samuel 


" C, 


7071 


Stephens, Bernard 


" A, 


10142 


Taylor, James 


" I, 


5427 


Thompson, Franklin 


■' A, 



4443 Thompson, William 

541 Tyler, Moses 

3107 Walter, Henrick 

5543 Weiget, Henry 



Co. D, Died Sept. 28, 1864 

Aug. 12, 1864 Conn, roster says 
" Schultz." 

July 7, 1864 

July 18, 1864 Conn, roster says 
John Smith, 2d, 
died July 8, 
1864. 

Aug. 6, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Co. E. 

Aug. 28, 1864 

Oct. 1, 1864 

Aug. 12, 1864 Conn, roster says 
correct name 











Franklin John- 










son. 


I, ' 


' Aug. 


1, 


1864 




E, 


" Apr. 


14, 


1864 




A. ' 


' July 


10, 


1864 




c, • 


■' Aug. 


13, 


1864 





I 5th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 

5352 Hanson, Frederick A. Co. I, died Aug. 10,1864 

4937 Harwood, George, Corp. " A, " Aug. 7,1864 

5932 Maginnis, James " E, " Aug. 17, 1864 

7723 Treadway, J'n H., Corp. " D, " Sept. 3,1864 



16th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 



3461 Bachelder, Benj. F. 

7763 Bailey, Frank 

8018 Ballantine, Robert 

7742 Banning, John F. 

10690 Barlow, Leland 0. 

3664 Beatty, John 

5754 Beers, John O. 



Co. C, died July 17, 1864 
" E, 



A, 
E, 
E, 

E, 
A, 



1636 


Birdsall, Daniel S. 


" C, 


2256 


Bosworth, Alonzo N. 


" D, ' 


5308 


Bower, John 


" E, ' 
(54) 



Sept. 4, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Franklin. 

Sept. 6, 1864 

Sept. 3, 1864 

Oct. 11, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Corporal. 

July 20, 1864 

Aug. 16, 1864 Conn, roster, says 
correct name 
James, verified by 
many comrades. 

Oct. 29, 1864 

June 20, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Corporal. 

Aug. 11, 1864 



5152 Brooks, William Corp. Co. F, died Aug. 9, 



12152 


Burke, Henry 


4848 


Carrier, David B. 


7685 


Carver, John G. 


9698 


Chadwick, Morris S, 


3707 


Chapin, Leander 


7316 


Chapman, Noah 


6153 


Clark, Hiram A. 


10272 


Cotter, William 


7646 


Craig, William 


7418 


Cullen, Michael 


3615 


Demery, John 



11339 Dean, Robert 

5446 Degnan, Charles 

11991 Deming, Burrage G. 

11431 Deming, David W. 

1182 Duff, William 



8749 Dutton, William H. 

4437 Easterly, Thomas 

11608 Emmett, William 

3482 Emmons, Albert H. 

7346 Ensworth, John W. 

8368 Evans, Newton J. 

5122 Flowers, Joseph J. Corp. 



7057 Gallegher, Patrick 

10051 Gibson, Daniel G. Sergt. 

5173 Gilmore, John 

7642 Halery, Michael 



D, 
D, 
D, 

I. 
A, 
E, 
K, 
B, 
B, 



K, 
A, 



F, 
K, 
G, 
C, 
B, 



K, 
G, 



Died Nov. 
" Aug. 
" Sept. 

Sept. 

July 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Oct. 

Sept. 



Aug. 
Julv 



24, 
6, 

3, 

24, 
21, 
30, 
19, 

16. 



Oct. 

Aug. 

Nov. 

Oct. 

Mav 



Sept. 
July 



21, 

12, 
13, 

24, 
IS, 



1864 Conn, roster and 
comrades say 
Wm. D. 

1864 

1864 

1864 Conn, roster says 
Co. B. 

1864 

1864 

1864 

1864 

1864 

1 864 Conn, roster says 
died Sept. 3, 
1864. 

1864 

1.S64 Conn, roster says 
Damery, and 
died July 20th ; 
verified by com- 
rades. 

1864 

1864 

1864 

1864 

1864 Conn, roster says 
killed at An- 
tietam, Sept. 17, 
1862. 

1864 

1864Correct name 
Easterby. 



K, " Sept. 27, 1864 
K, " July 17, 1864 
C, " Aug. 30, 1864 
r, ■■ Sept. 9, 1864 
C. " Aug. 7. 1864 Conn, roster says 
correct name 
Joseph Flower, 
Jr. 
Aug. 28. 1864 Conn, roster says 
Gallagher. 
30, 1864 
9, 1864 

3, 1864 Conn, roster says 
Haley. 



D, 



A, •■ Sept. 

C, '■ Aug. 

D, •• Sept. 



(55) 



5162 
9991 


Haley, Thomas C. Co. 
Hawley, Robert A. 


F, Died Aug. 
I, " Sept. 


8, 

25, 


1864 

1864 Conn, roster says 

wounded Sept. 

17, 1862, An- 


3195 

7380 
3033 
8148 


Hitchcock, William A. 
Holcomb, Asher A. " 
Hoskins, Joseph " 
Hubbard, Burton " 


C, ' 
E, ■ 
D, 

A, 


' July 
•' Aug. 
" July 
- Sept. 


10, 
31, 

18, 
8, 


tietam,Md. Died 
Sept. 25, 1862. 

1864 

1864 

1864 

1864 


7757 

7012 

11970 

12340 


Hubbard, Henry D. 
Hull, Martin 

Johnson, Christopher C. " 
Johnson, William ■' 


G, 

E, 
E, 

E, 


■' Sept. 
" Aug. 
" Nov. 
•• Dec. 


2, 

27, 

12, 
10, 


1864 

1864 

1864 

1864 Conn, roster says 
Corporal and 
died Dec. 25, 
1864. 


7570 
10233 


Jones, Joseph J. " 
Kearns, Thomas " 


B, 

A, 


" Sept. 
" Oct. 


2, 

2 


1864 
1864 


8613 
7912 
3401 


Keith, James M. Sergt. " 
Levaughn,Wm. 0. Sergt. " 
Lindon, Henry " 


H, ' 
C, ' 


' Sept. 
' Sept. 
" July 


13, 

5, 

16, 


1864 
1864 

1864 Conn, roster says 
Henry Lindow. 


6342 


Malone, John " 


B, 


" Aug. 


31, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
died Aug. 2 1 , 
1864. 


8446 
3516 

4417 


Mathews, Silas J. " 
McArdle, Patrick " 
Messenger, Alden " 


K, • 

G, 

G, 


' Sept. 
■■ July 
" July 


9, 
16, 

31, 


1864 
1864 
1864 


7852 


Miller, Francis " 


B, 


" Sept. 


5, 


1864 Conn, roster says 
Francis D. Mil- 


11487 


Murphy, William " 


F, ' 


• Oct. 


24, 


ler, Corporal. 
1864 


5238 


Nichols, Frederick " 


F, ' 


' Aug. 


10, 


1864 Not in Conn, ros- 


5044 


Nichols, Emerson A. 


G, 


" Aug. 


8, 


ter. 
1864 


4934 


Pimble, Alfred P. 


I, 


" Aug. 


7, 


1864 


10195 


Richardson, Danforth " 


G, 


" Oct. 


9 

-'J 


1864 


8170 


Richardson, Chas. S. " 


G, ' 


' Sept. 


8, 


1864 Credited 10th 
Conn. 


6400 

8662 

10138 

8235 


Robinson, Henry A. " 
Roper, Hugh Co. 
Schubert, Carl 
Schmatz, Ludwig " 


K, ' 
G, • 

K, ' 

E, ' 


^' Aug. 
' Sept. 
■ Oct. 
' Sept. 


21, 

12, 

1, 

10, 


1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 Conn, roster says 



Ludwig Schmalz. 



(56) 



9435 


Sliurtlifi, James 


Co, C, 


Died Sept. 


6, 


1864 




0476 


Steel, Horace B. 


" F, 


" Oct. 


6, 


1864 




6734 


Steele, James M. 


'• F, 


'• Aug. 


25, 


1864 




5712 


Steele, Samuel 


" C. 


" Aug. 


15, 


1864 




5564 


Stino, Philip 


^' K, 


" Aug. 


13, 


1864 




4722 


Sullivan, Matthew 


'■ r), 


'■ Aug. 


4, 


1864 




4444 


Tibbals, Henry 


'• G, 


" Aug. 


1, 


18G4 Conn, roster 
Corporal. 


says 


5479 


Tibbals, William H. 


" G, 


" Aug. 


13, 


1864 




6138 


Way, Henry C. 


- K, 


■■ Aug. 


19, 


1864 




9G81 


Wells, James 


" E, 


'• Sept. 


20, 


1864 




8024 


West, Charles H. 


'■ I, 


■' Sept. 


5, 


1864 




9028 


Williams, Hiram D. 


•' F, 


•• Sept. 


17, 


1S64 Conn, roster 
Corporal. 


says 


5675 


Winchell, John L. 


- A, 


'• Aug. 


14, 


1SG4 




5222 


Wright, Charles W. 


" B, 


" Aug. 


10, 


1864 




6394 


Young, Nelson D. 


" I, 


" Aug. 


21, 


1864 Conn, roster 
died July 
1864. 


says 
21. 



The Connecticut roster has the following list of men of 16th Conn, 
as having died at Andersonville, who are probably in unknown graves : 



Vols. 



Young, Casper T., Corp. 
Gosnell, Phillip H. . 
Goodrich, Jeremy, Corp. 
Hale, Essaria 
Payne, Silas A. . 
Allen, Franklin H. 
Cresswell, John . 
Goarley, Wm. 
Snow, (.)rIaudo E. 
Maine, Felix C. . 
Michaelis, Frederick 
Hayes, Franklin, Corp. 
Hill, John, Corp. 
Graham, George A. . 



Campion, Edward F. Corp. (place not known), 
Belden, Hiram, ...... 



Co. 



A, 


died Aug. 


20, 


1864 


B, 


" Sept. 


2 


1864 


c, 


" Sept. 


2, 


1864 


c, 


'■ Aug. 


16, 


1864 


c, 


'■ Oct. 


4, 


1864 


D, 


*• Nov. 


10, 


1864 


D, 


■' Nov. 


20, 


1864 


D, 


" No date. 




D, 


•' Nov. 


17, 


1864 


E, 


" Nov. 


25, 


1864 


E, 


■■ Aug. 


10, 


1864 


K, 


•' Sept. 


30, 


1864 


K, 


'• Sept. 


30, 


1864 


K, 


" Sept. 


30, 


1864 


G, 


" Oct. 


27, 


1864 


G, 


" No date or 


place 



The Connecticut roster also says ; 

Private Abraham Waters, Co. C, died May or June at Florence, which 
must be an error, as Florence was not occupied until about the 1st of October. 



(57) 



087G 


Bennett, Nathaniel W. 


" H, 


3900 


Bishop, Andrew 


" A, 


4449 


Connor, D. 


" D, 



17 th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 
6964 Hoyt, Edward S. Co. B, died Aug. 27, 1864 

18th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 

10373 Acksler, Adam Co. I, died Oct. 18, 1864 Not in Conn, ros- 

ter. 
Oct. 16, 1864 
July 24, 1864 

Aug. 1, 1864 Conn, roster has 
no Connor in Co. 
D, but has the 
name Joel T. 
Converse, who 
died Aug. 30, 
1864. 
Nov. 7, 1864 
Aug. 30, 1864 Conn, roster says 

Co. C. 
Sept. 11, 1864 
Nov. 18, 1864 
Sept. 29, 1864 
Sept. 7, 1864 
Feb. 6, 1865 

Conn, roster says 
Aug. 13, 1864 Chauncey J., 

Co.E,died Aug. 
18, 1864. 
Apr. 5, 1864 



11889 


Downer, Sylvanus, Sergt. " 


c, 


7337 


Gott, Gilbert H. " 


G, 


8403 


Haywood, William G. 


E, 


12086 


Hibbard, Albert 


B, 


10029 


Robinson, Joseph W. " 


D. 


8088 


Short, Linus E. " 


K, 


12600 


Ward, George W. " 


c. 


5466 


Williams, Chauncey W., 






Corp. " 


A, 



401 Winship, Joseph H. 



C, 



2 1st Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 



2054 


Brewer, George E. Co. A, died June 16, 1864 


4670 


Dugan, Thomas " I, " Aug. 3, 1864 


5382 


Fuller, Henry L. " H, " Aug. 11, 1864 


302G 


Sutcliff, Robert " G, " July 7, 1864 




30th Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 


2720 


Babcock, Mark D. " Co. A, died July 1, 1864 Conn, roster says 




reported on 




muster-out roll 




as absent in 




hospital. 




Number of Regiment Not Given. 



1964 Ball, H. A. 



Co. B, died Nov. 11, 1864 Not in Conn, ros- 
ter. 

(58) 



LIST OF SURVIVORS OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON, WHO 

SERVED IN CONNECTICUT REGIMENTS, AND 

EIGHTEEN MEMBERS OF REGLMENTS OF 

OTHER STATES NOW LIVING 

IN CONNECTICUT. 

[ * Stars indicate those who attended the Dedication. ] 





1st 


Conn. Volunteer 


Cav 


•ALRY, 1.3. 




* Bishop, Ebenezer 




Corp. 


Co. 


A 


Boston, 


Mass. 


*Burgess, Edward 






" 


L 


Southington, 


Conn. 


Cogan, Richard 






u 


A 


New Haven, 


li 


Coleman, Thomas 






11 


B 


New Haven, 


n 


Dayton, Charles R, 




Corp. 


n 


B 


Fair Haven, 


11 


♦Ferris, Westou 




Q. M. Sergt. 


" 


B 


New Haven, 


(1 


•Hurlburt, Thomas 


E. 


Q. M. Sergt. 


" 


B 


vSeymour, 


u 


McKenna, Francis 


T. (not in Conn. Roster; 


1 


Noroton Heights, 


li 


♦Munsill, Merritt F. 




1st Squadron 


u 


B 


Pair Haven, 


li 


*Perry, Hiram D. 






(i 


I 


Danbury, 


(t 


•Thompson, Richard M. 


Corp. 


1( 


A 


Manchester, 


il 


Tomlinson, Perry 




1st Sergt. 


" 


E 


Portland, 


Oregon 


*Wilber, Warren 




Sergt. 


•• 


B 


Noroton Heights, 


Conn. 



*Lane, William F. 



2d Conn. Heavy Artillery. 
Co. H 



♦Briscoe, Eph. D. (not in 


Roster ae ] 


prisoner) 


Co. 


I 


Newtown, 


Conn. 


Snow, Chas. W. (not in 


Roster a« 


prisoner) 




B 


Petersham, 


Mass. 


6th 


Conn. 


Volunteer 


Infantry, 10. 




Ames, Richard L. 






Co. 


B 


Had dam. 


Conn. 


Bouton, Seth S. 






il 


D 


Santa Monica, 


Cal. 


Brown, Chas. H. 








G 


New Britain, 


Conn. 


*Hall, Henry E. 








F 


Mansfield, 


(( 


Howarth, Alfred 


Corp. 






F 


North Haven, 


" 


McDonald, Robert 








D 


Watervliet, 


Mich. 


*Ruden, Frederick 


Corp. 






H 


Allingtown, 


Conn. 


Searles, Geo. E. 








D 


Stamford, 


" 



(59) 



*Young, James 
Young, John A. 



Co. 



K 
B 



Montreal, 
Eastford, 



7th Conn. Volunteer Infantry, 16. 
Ayres, Edw. (not In RoBteras prisoner) Sergt, Co. D Danbury, 



Canada 

Conn. 



Conn. 



B ram an, Henry T. 


1st Sergt. 


ii 


H 


New Haven, 


it 


*Holmes, Charles 






" 


C 


Meriden, 


u 


*Leeds, John A. 


Sergt. 




u 


C 


Meriden, 


a 


Lewis, Charles B. 






(( 


I 


Noroton Heights, 


ii 


Lynes, Samuel K. 


Corp. 




t( 


D 




Mo. 


J 




Paddock, Geo. B. 






a 


C 


Jackson, 


Minn. 


Phelps, Edward D. 


Corp, 




(( 


F 


New Haven, 


Conn. 


*Pratt, Albert G. 


Corp. 




a 


G 


Noroton Heights, 


(( 


Reinders, Garrett 






ti 


E 


Torrington, 


II 


Sims, Henry V. (not in 


Roster as prisoner) 


" 


F 


Hartford, 


I 


*Smith, Ira B. (promoted Captain), 


'• 


C 


Bristol, 


u 


♦Stewart, James E. 






ii 


A 


Noroton Heights, 


*' 


Swayne, John 






ti 


P 


Noroton Heights, 


(1 


Whittaker, Samuel H. 






(1 


G 


Wallingford, 


a 


*Williams, Francis (see : 


Frank also) 


a 


C 


Bristol, 


ti 


8th 


Conn. 


V0LU> 


JTEER 


Infantry, 5. 




Doran, John 


Corp. 




Co. 


H 


Noroton Heights, 


Conn. 


Farley, Michael 






(1 


G 


Westerly, 


R. 1. 


Handley, Michael 






U 


I 


Noroton Heights, 


Conn. 


Tillden, Charles F. 






li 


B 


Suffield, 


({ 


Williams, Hawley 






li. 


H 


Westport, 


i( 


IOtb 


[ Conn. 


VOLDNTEEJ 


i Infantry, 1. 




HoUister, John 






Co. 


C 


Windsor, 


Conn. 


llTH 


Conn. 


Volunteer 


Infantry, 6. 




Garthwait, Geo. W. 


Sergt. Major 






Waterbury, 


Conn. 


*Lord, Sylvester 0. 


Corp. 




Co. 


D 


Southington, 


ii 


Mautte, John 


Corp. 




11 


C 


New Haven, 


tt 


NefE, Hiram 


Sergt. 




li 


D 


Norwich, 


a 


Ostrander, John 






ii 


I 


Salisbury, 


it 


*Quinn, Timothy 






li 


F 


Willimantic, 


n 


13th 


Conn, 


Volunteer 


In 


fantry, 1 . 




Lloyd, John J. 






Co. 


A 


Forestville, 


Conn. 


14th 


Conn. 


Volunteer 


Infantry, 4. 




*Chatfield, John D. 






Co. 


C 


Waterville, 


Conn. 


French, James W. 






" 


A 


Tariha, 


Venezuela 


Lover, Geo. E. 






(( 


A 


Fairfield, 


Conn. 


McMahon, Michael 






ft 


F 


New Britain, 


ii 



(60) 



16th Conn. Volcntekr Infantry, 93. 
Non Com. Staff, If.. 



♦Robert H. Kellogg, 


Delaware 


, Ohio, 


Sergeant Major 


John W. Loomis, 


Hartford 


, Conn., 


Q. M. 


Sergeant 


Hiram Buckingliam, 


Was 


hing 


ton, D. C, 


Q. M. 


Sergeant 


♦Albert A. Walker, 


Norwich, 


Conn., 


Com. 


Sergeant 




Co. 


A, : 


16th C. v., 13. 






•Clancy, James B. 


Corp. 




Noroton Heights, 


Conn, 




♦Davis, Franklin B. 






Winsted, 


(( 




Forbes, Ira E. 


Corp. 




Hartford, 


(( 




♦Hope, Norman L. 






Hartford, 


i( 




Hooker, Wm. G. 






Meriden, 


u 




♦Miller, Jeffrey D. 






Hartford, 


a 




♦Sternberg, Wm. F. 






New Britain, 


u 




Taylor, Geo. 






Tobias, 


Nebraska. 




Thompson, Collins V. 








Ohio. 




) 




Waterman, Frank W. 






Rock ford. 


Illinois. 




♦Whalen, James B. 


Sergt. 




Hartford, 


Conn. 




♦Whitney, Geo. Q. 






Hartford, 


it 




Wingate, John D. 






San Francisco, 


Cal. 






Co. 


B, 1 


16th C. v., 17. 






Chapman, John 






Somers, 


Conn. 




Clark, John 






New Britain, 


" 




♦Cuzner, John B. 






Glastonbury, 


■' 




Fowler, Wallace H. 






East Haven, 


u 




Goodrich, Burritt 






Thomaston, 


(( 




♦Greene, Edmund B. 






Hartford, 


a 




*Griswold, Samuel J. 


Sergt. 




Guilford, 


>( 




Hancock, Wm. El. 






Windsor Locks, 


u 




*Holmes, Roliert J. 






West Avon, 


(( 




♦Jackson, Wm. H. 






Franklin, 


Mass. 




♦Johnson, Chas. L. 






New York, 


N. Y. 




Johnson, Geo. R. 






New Haven, 


Conn. 




Lamphere, Geo. N. 






St. Paul, 


Minn. 




♦Odie, James M. 






Worcester, 


Mass. 




Palmer, Osbert H. 






Windsor, 


Conn. 




♦Root, Edmund A. 






Nepaug, 


u 




Spencer, Geo. B. 






East Windsor, 


(( 






Co. 


c. 


16tb C. v., 9. 






♦Prisbie, Geo. W. 






Unionville, 


Conn. 




Hart, Frederick M. 






Unionville, 


{1 




5 






(Ol) 







Henry, Albert W. 




Noroton Heights 


, Conn. 


*Peck, Frederick H. 




Unionville, 


i( 


Parsons, Eugene W. 




Baltimore, 


Md. 


*Walker, Thomas 


Corp. 


Plantsville, 


Conn. 


White, Henry A. 




Wethersfield, 


" 


Wood, James 




N. M. H. Togus, 


Maine. 


Wright, John E. 




Glastonbury, 


Conn. 




Co. D, 


16th C. v., 7. 




Engel, Frederick 




New Britain, 


Conn. 


Grohman, Peter 


Ist Sergt. Granby, 


II 


Holihan, Patrick 




Chicopee Falls, 


Mass. 


*Lacy, Henry J. 


Corp. 


Fitchburg, 


•• 


Margerum, Claudius C. 


Corp. 


Springfield, 


" 


Simons, Geo. E. 




Wayneslield, 


Ohio. 


Tate, James 




Auburn, 


N. Y. 




Co. E, 


16th C. v., 10. 




Bassett, Marcelon C. 




Hiawatha, 


Kansas. 


Bidwell, Thomas C. 


Corp. 


Springfield, 


Mass. 


*Case, Chas. H. 




Hartford, 


Conn. 


demons, Willis W. 




Conneaut, 


Ohio. 


*Cope, Abraham 




Thompsonville, 


Conn. 


♦Crossley, Thomas 


Sergt. 


Honesdale, 


Penn. 


Ducharme, Joseph P. 




Ilion, 


N. Y. 


Holcombe, Gavett B. 


Sergt. 


Simsbury, 


Conn. 


Riley, Morris 




New Britain, 


II 


*Stone, Augustus P. 




Sheffield, 


Mass. 




Co. F, 


16th C. v., 5. 




*Denison, Geo. E. 


Corp. 


Hartford, 


Conn. 


Eagan, James 




Springfield, 


Mass. 


*Jones, Geo. 


Corp. 


Hartford, 


Conn. 


Leonard, Chas. B. 




Hartford, 


II 


Robinson, Chas. S. 


Corp. 


Rocky Hill, 


" 




Co. G, 


16th C. v., 6. 




♦Bauer, Jacob 


1st Sergt 


Kensington, 


Conn. 


Cleary, John 


Corp. 


Trenton, 


New Je 


•Hills, Leroy T. 


Corp. 


Bristol, 


Conn. 


Neal, Napoleon B. 




Bristol, 


u 


*Smart, John H. 


Corp. 


Broad Brook, 


" 


Smith, Walter E. 




Berlin, 


it 



(62) 



Burke, Michael 



Baker, Chas. E. 

Burgess, Ezra T. 

Chamberlin, Rufus M. 
*Cushman, Mahlon D. 
♦Harris, Jasper S. 

Hart, Eli A. 

Smith, Orlando P. 



Co. H, 16th C. v., 1. 

Noroton Heights, Conn. 

Co. I, ICth C. v., 7. 

Chelsea, Mass. 

1st Sergt. Plymouth, Mass. 

Staffordville, Conn. 

Monson, Mass. 

Corp. South Coventry, Conn. 

Plain ville, 

Wales, Mass. 



Allen, Edward H. 
*Adkins, Geo. W. 

Bartholomew, John B. 
*Bushnell, Huber 
*Cook, Henry B. 
♦Francis, Burnum W. 

Funck, Augustus H. 
*Hubbell, Wm. 
*Hurd, Edward P. 
*Merriman, Henry 
*Nott, Wm. H. 
♦Bobbins, Geo. 

Sessions, Willard F. 
♦Thompson, Austin D. 



Co. K, 16th C. v., 14. 






Bristol, 


Conn. 




Forestville, 


(1 


Corp. 


Palestine, 


Texas 




Berlin, 


Conn. 


Corp. 


Bristol, 

West Cheshire, 
Bristol, 


It 

11 




Bristol, 


(( 


Corp. 


Newtonville, 


Mass. 




South Manchester 


Conn. 


1st Sergt. 


Bristol, 

Waterbury, 

Forestville, 


a 


Sergt. 


Bristol, 


u 



17th 



Albion, Henry 

Barton, Chas. L. 

Bell, John W. 

Benedict, Enoch B. 

Brodhurst, Alfred Z. 

Bradley, Thomas 

Burtis, Warren J. 
♦Cash, Martin 

Feeks, Joseph 

Morris, Theodore S. 
* Remington, Seth 
♦Scofield, Geo. A. 
♦Scofield, Lewis W. 

Smallhorn, James A. 



Conn. Volunteer Infantry. 18. 

Co. H Norwalk, 

H New Canaan, 

B New Canaan, 

H , 

H Norwalk, 

E New Haven, 

H , 

B Stamford, 

B Noroton Heights, 

C Noroton Heights, 

Corp. " H Norwalk, 

1st Sergt. " B Waterbury, 

Sergt. " B Stamford, 

H New Canaan, 



Conn. 



N. Y. 
Conn. 

Iowa. 
Conn. 



(63) 



Smith, Lewis 
Tread well, Edmund 
*Wilmot, Frederick M. 
Weed, Oscar 



Musician 



Co. B Noroton Heights, 

" D Bethel, 

" D New Haven, 

" F Branford, 



Conn. 



18th Conn. Volunteer 


Infantry, 19. 




Anderson, Wm. H. 




Co. 


B 


Putnam, 


Conn, 


Albertine, Ernest T. 




11 


E 


Franklin, 


Mass. 


*Brown, James K. 




a 


H 


Hebron, 


Conn. 


*Brown, Reuben B., 


1st Sergt. 


(( 


C 


Norwich, 


u 


Carey, Joel 


Corp. 


li 


C 


Red Oak, 


Iowa 


*Coman, Oscar 




u 


D 


Putnam, 


Conn. 


Ellsworth, Chas. H. 




li 


C 


Rochester, 


N. y. 


*Haggerty, James 




({ 


C 


Willimantic, 


Conn. 


Herrick, Geo. W. 




u 


H 


Willimantic, 


n 


Leitcher, Gilbert 




(( 


G 


Sturbridge, 


Mass. 


*McShane, Owen 




(f 


I 


Noroton Heights, 


Conn. 


*Muzzy, Harvey L. 


Musician 


" 


I 


Norwich, 


" 


Penry, Chas. 0. 




u 


K 


Togus, 


Me. 


Richards, Chas. J. 




It 


A 


Hampton, 


Va. 


* Robertson, Wm. 




ii 


I 


Germantown, 


Penn. 


Smith, John F. (not in 


Roster aa prisoner) 


11 


B 


Chicopee Falls, 


Mass. 


*Spalding, Edwin 




f( 


I 


Norwich, 


Conn. 


Taft, Bazaleel W. 




(( 


E 


Willimantic, 


ii 


Trask, Wm. A. 


Sergt. 


it 


B 


Burlington, 


Vt. 



20th Conn. Volunteer Infantry 1. 
♦Abbott, Edward T. Corp. Co. H Bridgeport, 



Billings, Sanford M. 
Blish, Timothy H. 
*Brown, Abel D. 
Moffiet, Welcome 



2 1st Conn. Volunteer Infantry i. 
Co. 



Corp. 



G Stonington, 

A South Manchester, 

G New Haven, 

G Central Villi,ge, 



Conn. 



Conn. 



Members of Regiments op other States, now citizens of Connecticut. 



Alden, James E. 
Braman, Henry 
Brand egee, Chas. 
Buell, Edward J. 
Carrigan, Roger 
Cotter, John 
Elliott, Geo. P. 



Co. I, 5th N. Y. V. I. 



Co. G, 2nd Mass. H. A. V. 
(64) 



Torrington, 

Torrington, 

Farmington, 

East Haven, 

Noroton Heights, 

Hartford, 

Stamford, 



Conn. 



French, Geo. B. 
Gerard, John 
Hai-dwick, Peter F. 
Hopkins, Joseph H. 
Horton, Daniel B. 
Lewis, Oliver R. 
♦Mandeville, Wm. F. 
Murphy, Patrick 
Osgood, John A. 
Roach, Garrett 
Wilcox, Chas. H. 



Uth U. S. Inf., 



Ivoryton, 

New Britain, 

Brookfield, 

Danbury, 

New Haven, 

Plantsville, 

Danbury, 

Shelton, 

New Haven, 

Hartford, 

Windsor Locks 



Conn. 



These lists do not and cannot include the honored 
names of Connecticut men who died in the period l)e- 
tween 1864 and the present date of 1908. Suffice it 
to say that none are forgotten or excluded from the 
honors bestowed in our beautiful monmnent, nor are 
they forgotten by their comrades. Names of men who 
have died in cpiiet homes, often from diseases contracted 
in prison and endured heroically until death brovight 
release, are not less dear or honored than those printed 
upon our roll. In the name of the State we thank them 
for their great services and shall hold them always 
in remembrance. 



In addition to the names starred in the above list, there were of tbe jfarty 
six veterans and seventeen ladies and citizens, as follows : 



Col. Frank W. Cheney, 
Hon. Thomas D. Bradstreet, 
Chaplain Jos. H. Twichell, 
Capt. Timothy B. Robinson, 
Mr. John Gemmill, 
Mr. Henry L. Wade, 
Mr. Normand F. Allen, 
Mrs. Normand F. Allen, 
Mrs. Thomas D. Bradstreet, 
Mrs. Frank W. Cheney, 
Miss Dorothy Cheney, 
Miss Ruth Cheney, 
Mr. Horace B. Chenev, 



ICth Conn. Vols., 
•2nd Conn. H. A. Vols., 
71st New York Vols., 
16th Conn. Vols., 
16th Conn. Vols., 
ISth Conn. Vols., 
Hartford, Conn. 

Thomaston, " 

South Manchester, " 



(65) 



South Manchestei-. 

Thomaston. 

Hartford. 

Bristol. 

Hartford. 

Waterbury. 



Mr. James W. Cheney, 
Dr. Arthur R. Couch, 
Miss Clara Denison, 
Mrs. Norman L. Hope, 
Mrs. Edward P. Hurd, 
Mrs. Edwin Spalding, 
Mrs. Jos. H. Twichell, 
Mr. Fred'k W. Wakefield, 
Mrs. Geo. Q. Whitney, 
Mr. M. B. Wilcox, 



South Manchester, Conn. 
Hartford, " 



Newtonville, Mass. 
Norwich, Conn. 
Hartford, " 

Meriden, " 

Hartford, 
Southington, '■ 



Monuments have been erected by the following States 
at Andersonville : 



New Jersey, 


Feljruary, 


1899 


Massachusetts, 


December, 


1901 


Ohio, 


December, 


1901 


Rhode Island, 


April, 


1903 


Michigan, 


May, 


1904 


Maine, 


December, 


1904 


Pennsylvania, 


December, 


1905 


Iowa, 


November, 


1906 


Wisconsin, 


October, 


1907 


Connecticut, 


October, 


1907 


New York, 


To be erected, 


1908 



(66) 



RESOLUTIONS BY THE EX-PRISONERS FROM 
CONNECTICUT PRESENT AT THE DEDICA- 
TION OF A MONUMENT ERECTED BY THAT 
STATE AT ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA. 

Be it resolved: 

That we, who were prisoners of war in the Anderson- 
ville Military Prison, and who represented the State of 
Connecticut by enlisting at her call, do most sincerely 
tender our thanks to the State and to the Moniunent 
Commissioners she appointed, and especially to their 
Chairman, Col. Frank W. Cheney, for erecting a beau- 
tiful monimient to our fallen comrades, and for making 
most ample provision for us to be present at its dedication. 

Be it further resolved: 

That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the 
Commissioners and through them to the State. 

Signed in behalf of the ex-prisoners present at the 
dedication of the monument, 

WM. H. JACKSON, 

Co. B. 16th Conn. Vols. 
October 23, 1907. 



{61) 



DESCUTPTTON OF ANDEESONVILLE PRISON 

By J. W. Mehkill. 

REVISED BY A FORMER INMATE OF THE PEN, A MEJIBER OF THE COMMISSION. 

THE Confederate States Military Prison, so called, was 
a stockade made of pine logs, hewn flat on two sides, 
planted in the ground perpendicularly so that they 
were about twenty feet high from the ground, enclosing a 
sj)ace of about 23i acres. 

About tAventy feet inside of this stockade and running 
parallel with it was a light irregular rail called the dead 
line, reducing the sj)ace for occupation by the prisoners 
very materially. Any prisoner passing this line under any 
pretence or accident, or even reaching under it for purer 
water, would be inmiediately shot by the nearest sentry, 
who was closely watching for the opportmiity and the 
reward, a two weeks furlough. 

On this stockade at intervals sentry boxes were erected 
to protect the occupants from sun and storm, at an eleva- 
tion that gave a perfect view of all that was taking place 
within. 

There were two entrances, both on the west side of the 
stockade, leading to the north and south ends, each with a 
court and two massive gates opening into spaces about 30 
feet square, on the principle of a canal lock. 

About 180 feet outside of the prison stockade was an 
outer one of unhewn logs aliout twelve feet high from the 
ground, the evident object being protection against a 
cavalry raid. 

At each corner of the prison were elevated earth works 
or forts, on which batteries were stationed commanding 
not only the inside of the pen, but the surrounding territory 
also. 

A small brook ran through the enclosure, first passing 
and gathering the wash from the Rebel camps and cook 
house. On either side of the brook was a hill, a swamp hav- 
ing to be passed before reaching the northern hill, vvhioh 
was higher than that on the south. 

(68) 




PLAN OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON AND ITS SURUOUNBINGS. 



Care-taker's House, erected by the National W. R. C. 11. 

Providence Spring. 13. 

Site of proposed National Moniiinent. 13. 

Outline of purchased property. 14. 

Outline of Stockade enclosing prisoners. 15. 

Outline of Outer Stockade (only partially completed). 16. 

Dead Line. " 17. 

Confederate Forts and Batteries. 18. 

Main Fort, or ■' Star Fort," southwest corner. 19. 

Site of Gallows, where marauders were hung. 20. 

31. 



Powder Magazines in Stsir Fort. 

Site of Capt. Wirz's Headquarters. 

Gate to Roadway leading to the Cemetery. 

Wells and Tunnels dug by prisoners. 

Site of Dead House. 

Entrenched Camp for Guards. 

Roadway, 100 feet wide, leading to railroad station. 

Stockade Creek, a branch of Sweetwater. 

North Gate of Stockade. 

South Gate of Stockade. 

Flag Staff. 



(69) 



(Letter to Mr. Pratt from Charles Eliot Norton, Esq.) 

Cambridge, Mass., 

AprU 27, 1907. 
Dear Mr. Pratt: — 

I am much obliged to you for the photograph of the 
Andersonville Prisoner Boy and of the Longfellow medal. 

The statue in the photograph seems to me as good as 
it did when I saw the original at your studio. In its con- 
ception and execution it does you the highest credit. It 
is a worthy representation of the youth whom you had in 
mind, and the mode of representation has a simplicity, 
vigor and directness such as our modem American sculp- 
ture often lacks. It may well stand with Saint-Gaudens' 
" Colonel Shaw," as belonging to the same class. 

As au embodiment of the ideal of the Yankee youth it 
is interesting in comparison with the ideal of the Athenian 
youth embodied in the frieze of the Parthenon. The con- 
trasts are very wide, and the differences of civilization 
which are indicated are enormous; but set your Amos or 
Hiram on horseback beside one of the superb Athenian 
youths, Lysis or Callias, and the two would recognize one 
another before long, and grow friendly before the day was 
out. But which represents the best things ? Amos, I think, 

would have much the most to learn 

With all kmd regards, I am 

Sincerely yours 

C. E. Norton. 
Bela S. Pratt 

(70) 



(Quotation from the Boston Transcript concerning the 
the statue made for the Connecticut Commission by Mr. 
Bela Lyon Pratt.) 

THIS simple figure of a private infantry soldier, dis- 
aimed and helpless, standing, with a sober fore- 
Imowledge of the very probable fate before him, 
is that of a mere boy, a typical New England lad, who looks 
as if he might have been just out of the high school of 
some village when the call for volunteers came. Manly 
and modest, he is one of the kind who take things as they 
come, without bravado and without posing. But there 
is something in the genuineness, the simplicity, the rugged 
naturalness of the boy's bearing which makes it seem safe 
to predict that he will be constant and faithful to the end. 
The figure is eight feet high, and it will stand upon a 
pedestal of equal height, making the entire mommient 
sixteen feet in height. The location, in the groimds of 
Andersonville where the statue will l)e formally dedi- 
cated by the State of Connecticut next October, appears 
to be ideal, — a level glade, with a semi-circle of oak trees 
at the back of the statue. The negative merits of this piece 
of scidpture are worth emphasizing especially, a subject of 
this nature being so likely to betray the artist into an essay 
in the dramatic, allegorical, illustrative or episodic styles 
with their attendant risks. As it is, the work is absolutely 
without rhetoric ; it is studiously couched in terms of plastic 
prose, but in a prose that is noble becaiise of its deeii sin- 
cerity and reality. Its very absence of meretricious appeal 

(71) 



to sentiment makes it ten-fold more suggestive to tlie 
imagination, as facts of history are more eloquent tlian the 
comments of the historian. The figure is homely, in the 
sense that Lowell used when he spoke of Emerson's dic- 
tion, " It is like homespiui cloth-of-gold. " It is homely in 
the sense that St. Gaudens' statue of Lincoln is homely: it 
is strong, rugged and alive. 



The design for the statue was made by 

Bela Lyon Pratt, Sculptor, Boston, Mass. 

The casting in bronze was done by 

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, Mount Vernon, 
N. Y. 

The designs for the granite pedestal and bronze tablets 
were made by 

E. Clipston Sturgis, Architect, Boston, Mass. 
The granite work was done by 

H. E. Fletcher & Company, West Chehnsford, Mass. 
The pedestal and statue were set up by 

Clark's Monumental Works, Aniericus, Ga. 



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ITINERARY. 



MoNnAY. October 21. 

Via N. Y., N^. H. &• H. E. R. 

Lv. New Haven, Conn. 1.00 P. M. 

Ar. Jersey City, N. J. 4.00 P. M. 

Steamer Maryland Eoute. 
Via Pennsylvania Eailroad. 

Lv. Jersey City, N. J. . " 4.4G P.M. 

Ar. West Philadelphia, Pa 6.36 P. M. 

Ar. Washington, D. C 10.20 P.M. 

Via Southern Eailway. 
Lv. Washington, D. C 11.00 P.M. 

Tuesday, October 23. 

Ar. Atlanta, Ga. (Central time) 6.15 P.M. 

Via Central of Georgia Eailway. 

Lv. Atlanta, Ga. 6.30 P.M. 

Ar. Andersonville, Ga. 11.30 P.M. 

Wednesday, October 23. 

At Andersonville. 
Train to be side-tracked for occupancy. 

Thursday, October 24. 

Via Central of Georgia Eailway. 

Lv. Andersonville, Ga. ' . . 3.00 P. M. 

Ar. Atlanta, Ga. 8.00 P.M. 

Via Southern Eailway. 
Lv. Atlanta, Ga ' . . . 8.15 P. M. 

Friday, October 25. 

Ar. Washington, D. C. (Eastern time) 7.00 P.M. 

Lv. Washington, D. C 7.10 P. M. 

Via Pennsylvania Eailroad. 
Ar. West Philadelphia, Pa. . " 10.20 P. M. 

Saturday, October 26. 

Ar. Jersey City. N. J 12.41 A. M. 

Via N. Y., N. H. & H. E. E. 
Steamer Maryland Eoute. 

Lv. Jersey City, N. J 1.00 A.M. 

Ar. New Haven 4.00 A.M. 

Eemain in sleepers until 7.00 A. M. 

Penn. E. E. Eepresentatives. 

Tourist agent W. S. Cornell 

Baggage master . . ■ . . . . . J. J. Good 

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